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. 2019 Sep 17;2019(9):CD003248. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003248.pub4

Martin 2013.

Trial name or title Timing of umbilical cord clamping after vaginal or caesarean preterm birth.
Methods Randomised controlled trial
Participants Inclusion criteria
  • Preterm birth ‐ 23 ‐ 37 weeks' gestation

  • N = 72


Exclusion criteria
  • Multiple gestation/known intrauterine fetal death unable to sign consent.

Interventions Intervention: DCC
  • Delay at 40 secs

  • Delay at 60 secs


Comparator: ECC
  • Immediate cord clamping at 20 secs

Outcomes Primary
  • IVH ‐ number and severity


Secondary
  • Red blood cell transfusions

Starting date December 2012
Contact information James Martin, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Notes NCT01766908
Completion date: June 2014