Trial reportThe Journal of pediatrics2018
A Randomized Clinical Trial of Umbilical Cord Milking vs Delayed Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants: Neurodevelopmental Outcomes at 22-26 Months of Corrected Age.
Trial report in The Journal of pediatrics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 33 papers, 5 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.
A Randomized Controlled Trial of Umbilical Cord Milking Versus Immediate Cord Clamping on Systemic Blood Flow in Premature Infants
The PREMOD Trial: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Umbilical Cord Milking vs. Delayed Cord Clamping in Premature Infants
Two Year Developmental Follow-up for Premature Infants Receiving Milking or Delayed Cord Clamping: PREMOD2
Who cites it
33 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled 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
- [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
- 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
- European Consensus Guidelines on the Management of Respiratory Distress Syndrome - 2019 Update.Neonatology · 2019Guideline
- Pooled it
- School age outcomes of very premature infants randomized to cord milking versus early cord clamping at birth.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Trial
- Two-Year Outcomes of Umbilical Cord Milking in Nonvigorous Infants: A Secondary Analysis of the MINVI Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2024Trial
- Effects of cord clamping timing in at-term elective cesarean section on maternal and neonatal outcomes: a randomized trial.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2024Trial
- Neurodevelopmental outcomes of very preterm infants who received cord milking at birth: a randomized controlled trial.European journal of pediatrics · 2022Trial
- Trial
- Umbilical cord milking for neonates who are depressed at birth: a randomized trial of feasibility.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2018Trial
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- Impact of delayed cord clamping on respiratory distress in late preterm and early term infants in elective cesarean section: a single centre, phase Ⅲ, randomised controlled trial.EClinicalMedicine · 2025Article
- Caffeine pharmacokinetics following umbilical vein injection during delayed cord clamping in preterm lambs.Pediatric research · 2024Article
- Cord management in non-vigorous newborns.Seminars in perinatology · 2023Article
- Exposure to umbilical cord management approaches and death or neurodevelopmental impairment at 22-26 months' corrected age after extremely preterm birth.Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition · 2023Article
- Neonatal Resuscitation Practices in Turkey: A Survey of the Turkish Neonatal Society and the Union of European Neonatal and Perinatal Societies.Turkish archives of pediatrics · 2023Article
- Umbilical cord milking-benefits and risks.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Review
- Review
- Placental transfusion during neonatal resuscitation in an asphyxiated preterm model.Pediatric research · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the effect of umbilical cord milking vs delayed cord clamping (DCC) on neurodevelopmental and health outcomes in very preterm infants at 22-26 months of corrected age. STUDY
designNeurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years of age were assessed using the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, third edition, and a standardized neurologic examination. Data regarding pulmonary morbidities, neurosensory impairments, and hospitalizations were obtained by parental interview. Intention-to-treat was used for primary analyses.
resultsOf the 197 infants enrolled in the original study there were 15 deaths, 5 in the umbilical cord milking group and 10 in DCC group. Of the remaining infants, 135 (74%) were assessed at 22-26 months of corrected age. Demographics in umbilical cord milking (n = 70) and DCC (n = 65) groups were similar. Infants randomized to umbilical cord milking at birth had significantly higher cognitive and language composite scores, and were less likely to have a cognitive composite score of <85 (4% vs 15%; P = .04). Motor function was similar in both groups. There were no differences in the incidences of mild or moderate to severe neurodevelopmental impairment, hearing or visual impairments, pulmonary morbidities, or rehospitalizations between the 2 groups.
conclusionsInfants randomized to umbilical cord milking had higher language and cognitive scores compared with those randomized to DCC. There was no difference in rates of mild or moderate to severe neurodevelopmental impairment.
trial registrationclinicaltrials.gov: NCT01434732.
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