Isac 2017.

Trial name or title	Effect of umbilical cord milking of late preterm and term infants on maternal and neonatal outcomes in a tertiary care hospital in South India: a randomised control trial.
Methods	Randomised, parallel group, placebo‐controlled trial. Permuted block randomisation, fixed. Sequentially‐numbered, sealed, opaque envelopes. Participant and Investigator blinded.
Participants	Inclusion criteria Term and preterm infants > 35 weeks. Exclusion criteria
Interventions	Intervention: umbilical cord milking (UCM) Neonates born under the milking group will be positioned at the level of the uterus (approximately 20 cm away), in vaginal delivery and on the thighs of mother in caesarean section. An assistant will milk the cord while holding it at the introitus or caesarean delivery wound with 1 hand and milking the umbilical cord for its remaining accessible whole length toward the neonate at a speed of 10 cm/s 3 times. The cord would be clamped after the third time. Comparator: ECC The neonates born under this group will undergo early cord clamping without milking.
Outcomes	Primary Infant Hb andHct measured using a portable haemoglobinometer at 3 days and 6 weeks. Secondary Postpartum complications at birth; Infant bilirubin (trans cutaneous bilirubin) at 3 days; Need for photo therapy a 3 days of age till discharge.
Starting date	3 November 2017. Estimated duration 1 year.
Contact information	Scientific enquiry: Dr Mini Isac, Professor, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology MOSC Medical College Hospital, Kolenchery, Ernakulam, KERALA 682311, India. Email: drminiisac@gmail.com Public enquiry: Anu Anna George, Post Graduate, Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynecology MOSC MMH Kolenchery, Ernakulam, KERALA 682311, India. Email: annamed013@gmail.com
Notes	Sample size: 142.