Delayed Cord Clamping and Use of Oxytocin

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2016-11-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if oxytocin administration immediately after delivery of the infant modifies the volume of placental transfusion in healthy term infants.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Fundacion para la Salud Materno Infantil
• Treatments: Oxytocin

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy single Term pregnancies.

• Vaginal delivery.

• Informed consent obtained.

• Presence of an investigator

Exclusion Criteria:

• Placenta previa.

• Previous history of Postpartum hemorrhage

• Intrauterine growth restriction .

• Major congenital malformations.

• Eclampsia

• Extraction of blood sample for bank of umbilical cord stem cells.

Elimination criteria:

• Need for immediate assistance of the newborn

• Birth weight less than 2500 g

• Nuchal cord wrapped too tight

• Surgically finished delivery

• Short umbilical cord which might prevent placing the infant on the scale

• Technical difficulties to obtain the weight