Trial reportPediatrics2015
Umbilical Cord Milking Versus Delayed Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants.
Trial report in Pediatrics, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 80 papers, 13 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
The PREMOD Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Umbilical Cord Milking vs. Delayed Cord Clamping in Premature Infants
Effect of Intact Umbilical Cord Milking Versus Immediate Cord Clamping on Neonatal Outcomes and First Year Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants - A Randomised Controlled Trial
Two Year Developmental Follow-up for Premature Infants Receiving Milking or Delayed Cord Clamping: PREMOD2
Delayed Cord Clamping With Oxygen In Extremely Low Gestation Infants
Who cites it
80 citing papers in PubMed, 13 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 224 citations in OpenAlex.
- 2025 Korean Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation: Part 9. Neonatal resuscitation.Clinical and experimental emergency medicine · 2026Guideline
- The effect of delayed cord clamping on early cardiac and cerebral hemodynamics, mortality, and severe intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants < 32 weeks: a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- A recommendation for the use of electrical biosensing technology in neonatology.Pediatric research · 2025Guideline
- Evaluation of cord management strategies in intrauterine growth-restricted infants: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Pooled it
- Umbilical cord milking and delayed cord clamping for the prevention of neonatal hypoglycaemia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions to Reduce Severe Brain Injury Risk in Preterm Neonates: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2023Pooled it
- [Influence of umbilical cord milking versus delayed cord clamping on the early prognosis of preterm infants with a gestational age of <34 weeks: a Meta analysis].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Antenatal and perinatal factors influencing neonatal blood pressure: a systematic review.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Short-term efficacy of umbilical cord milking in preterm infants: systematic review and meta-analysis.Pediatric research · 2021Pooled it
- Effect of timing of umbilical cord clamping and other strategies to influence placental transfusion at preterm birth on maternal and infant outcomes.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Provision of respiratory support compared to no respiratory support before cord clamping for preterm infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Hemodynamic effects of umbilical cord milking versus early cord clamping in nonvigorous intrauterine growth restricted neonates: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Effect of delayed cord clamping and cord milking on cerebral oxygenation and cardiovascular function: a secondary analysis of the PCI trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Alternative consent processes in a neonatal resuscitation trial (SAIL): secondary analysis of an open-label, international, multicentre, randomised trial.The Lancet. Child & adolescent health · 2025Trial
- A randomised controlled trial comparing umbilical cord milking to delayed cord clamping at birth in preterm infants 28-36 weeks gestational age.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Trial
- Umbilical Cord Milking Versus Delayed Cord Clamping in Infants 28 to 32 Weeks: A Randomized Trial.Pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Cut umbilical cord milking (C-UCM) as a mode of placental transfusion in non-vigorous preterm neonates: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Trial
- Effects of umbilical cord milking versus delayed cord clamping on systemic blood flow in intrauterine growth-restricted neonates: A randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2023Trial
20 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
objectiveDelayed cord clamping (DCC) is recommended for premature infants to improve blood volume. Most preterm infants are born by cesarean delivery (CD), and placental transfusion may be less effective than in vaginal delivery (VD). We sought to determine whether infants <32 weeks born by CD who undergo umbilical cord milking (UCM) have higher measures of systemic blood flow than infants who undergo DCC.
methodsThis was a 2-center trial. Infants delivered by CD were randomly assigned to undergo UCM or DCC. Infants delivered by VD were also randomly assigned separately. UCM (4 strippings) or DCC (45-60 seconds) were performed. Continuous hemodynamic measurements and echocardiography were done at site 1.
resultsA total of 197 infants were enrolled (mean gestational age 28 ± 2 weeks). Of the 154 infants delivered by CD, 75 were assigned to UCM and 79 to DCC. Of the infants delivered by CD, neonates randomly assigned to UCM had higher superior vena cava flow and right ventricular output in the first 12 hours of life. Neonates undergoing UCM also had higher hemoglobin, delivery room temperature, blood pressure over the first 15 hours, and urine output in the first 24 hours of life. There were no differences for the 43 infants delivered by VD.
conclusionsThis is the first randomized controlled trial demonstrating higher systemic blood flow with UCM in preterm neonates compared with DCC. UCM may be a more efficient technique to improve blood volume in premature infants delivered by CD.
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