Xie 2017.

Trial name or title	Study on umbilical cord milking to prevent and decrease the severity of anaemia in preterms
Methods	Randomised, parallel assignments
Participants	Inclusion criteria Women in labour or with a plan for delivery at a gestational age less than 34 weeks' gestation Singleton pregnancy Informed consent was obtained from the parent Exclusion criteria Multiple gestation; diagnosis of any of the following in the current pregnancy: haemorrhage requiring clinic/hospital admission; placental abnormalities; fetal anomalies; Down's syndrome of the fetus; anaemia; diagnosis of pre‐eclampsia or eclampsia in current or previous pregnancies; diagnosis at any time for the mother of any of the following: serious diabetes, serious hypertension, chronic renal disease; infant with major congenital malformation; infant with blood disease; unwilling to return for follow‐up study visits at the hospital
Interventions	Intervention: UCM Infants were placed at or below level of the placenta and about 25 cm of the umbilical cord was vigorously milked towards the umbilicus 2 to 3 times before clamping the cord. The milking speed was about 25 cm/2 seconds Comparator: ECC Umbilical cord was clamped immediately, or as close as possible, after delivery of the infant's shoulders. (This was standard practice in the study hospital, thus it served as the "control" group.)
Outcomes	Primary Hb, Hct and ferritin at 48 hours Secondary Hyperbilirubinemia requiring phototherapy Infant blood transfusions Length of admission Complications
Starting date	30 June 2017
Contact information	Lijuan Xie, director, Email: xlj68115@sina.com
Notes	Setting: China Sponsors: Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine