The Australian Placental Transfusion Study (APTS): Should Very Pre Term Babies Receive a Placental Blood Transfusion at Birth Via Deferring Cord Clamping Versus Standard Cord Clamping Procedures?

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Preterm Birth

In brief

To establish if placental transfusion, using deferred cord clamping for 60 seconds or more while holding the baby at or below the level of the placenta, will improve survival without disability compared with standard early cord clamping in preterm babies less than 30 weeks of gestation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02606058

Run by

University of Sydney

People needed

1637

Starts

2010-09-01

Expected to finish

2020-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-11-05

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• Women who have a reasonable chance of delivering less than 30 weeks of gestation. Informed consent has been received from the parent or guardian.

You may not qualify if…

• No indication or contraindication to placental transfusion, in the view of mother or baby.

Where it is running

• Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States
• University of Vermont Medical Centre — Burlington, Vermont, United States
• Canberra Hospital — Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
• John Hunter Hospital — Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
• Liverpool Hospital — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Royal Prince Alfred Hospital — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Royal North Shore Hospital — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Royal Hospital for Women — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Nepean Hospital — Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
• Mater Mother's Hospital — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital — Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
• Townsville Hospital — Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• Flinders Medical Centre — Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
• Monash Medical Centre — Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• Mercy Hospital for Women — Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
• King Edward Memorial Hospital — Perth, Western Australia, Australia
• IWK Health Center — Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Hôpital Antoine-Béclère — Clamart, France
• Auckland Hospital — Auckland, New Zealand
• Christchurch Hospital — Christchurch, New Zealand
• Dunedin Hospital — Dunedin, New Zealand
• Waikato Hospital — Hamilton, New Zealand
• Wellington Hospital — Wellington, New Zealand
• Aga Khan University Hospital — Karachi, Pakistan
• Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital — Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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