UMIN ID: UMIN000000990
Registered date:23/01/2008
A multicenter randomized control study of the effect of umbilical cord milking in avoiding red cell transfusions in extremely immature infants
Basic Information
Recruitment status | Complete: follow-up continuing |
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Health condition(s) or Problem(s) studied | extremely immature infants |
Date of first enrollment | 2008/01/01 |
Target sample size | 566 |
Countries of recruitment | Japan |
Study type | Interventional |
Intervention(s) | First, umbilical cord is cut and clamped at 30cm from infants. Next the baby is placed on a radiant wormer. Finally, a Pediatrician straightens a kink of the umbilical cord and then milks the umbilical cord steadily once. early cord clamping (less than 30 seconds) |
Outcome(s)
Primary Outcome | 1) the probability of not needing transfusion and death 2) amount of blood transfusion within the first 4 weeks |
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Secondary Outcome | 1) Mortality 2) Major complications (intraventricular hemorrage, chronic lung disease, periventricular leukomalasia, retionopath of prematurity, ontestinal perfolation) 3) serious adverse event 4) hemoglobin values within the first 24 hours 5) stabilization of blood pressure and use of volume expander and/or inotoropes 6) incidence of polycythemia and hyperbilirubinemia 7) developmental disorder at 18 months and 3 years of age (neurodevelopmental delay, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, visual impairment, hearing loss) |
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Age minimum | Not applicable |
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Age maximum | Not applicable |
Gender | Male and Female |
Include criteria | |
Exclude criteria | 1) Major anomalies diagnosed in utero 2) intrauterin growth retardation ( less than 3SD) 3) monochorionic twins 4) super twin |
Related Information
Primary Sponsor | Neonatal Resarch Network |
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Secondary Sponsor | |
Source(s) of Monetary Support | The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare |
Secondary ID(s) |
Contact
public contact | |
Name | Shigeharu Hosono |
Address | 30-1 Oyaguchi Itabashi Tokyo Japan Japan |
Telephone | 03-3972-8111(2442) |
hosonos@med.nihon-u.ac.jp | |
Affiliation | Nihon University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and Child Health |
scientific contact | |
Name | Shigeharu Hosono |
Address | 30-1 Oyaguchi Itabashi Tokyo Japan Japan |
Telephone | 03-3972-8111(2442) |
hosono.shigeharu@nihon-u.ac.jp | |
Affiliation | Nihon University School of Medicine Department of Pediatrics and Child Health |