VentFirst Pilot: Ventilating Preterm Infants During Delayed Cord Clamping

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Infant, Premature, Diseases

In brief

Delayed clamping of the umbilical cord (DCC) has been shown to have some benefits for preterm infants. Initiation of breathing before cord clamping is also thought to be beneficial. Since some preterm infants do not breathe well on their own immediately after birth, assisting ventilation during delayed cord clamping might have additional benefit beyond DCC alone. "VentFirst Pilot" will assess feasibility and safety of assisting ventilation of preterm infants during 90 seconds of DCC which is essential before proceeding to a randomized clinical trial.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02391389

Run by

University of Virginia

People needed

28

Starts

2014-09-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-01-11

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 24 0/7 to 32 6/7 weeks gestation at birth

You may not qualify if…

• major congenital anomalies
• monochorionic twins
• twin-twin transfusion syndrome
• hydrops fetalis

Where it is running

• University of Virginia School of Medicine — Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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