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| R01HD102967 | U.S. NIH Grant/Contract | View source |
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| Sharp HealthCare | OTHER |
| Thomas Jefferson University | OTHER |
| University of San Diego | OTHER |
| St. Louis University |
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The investigators will conduct a study on non-vigorous infants at birth to determine if umbilical cord milking (UCM) results in lower rate of moderate to severe hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) or death than early clamping and for infants who are non-vigorous at birth and need immediate resuscitation.
Hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a brain injury caused by inadequate blood flow and oxygen delivery to the neonatal brain. Almost all infants with severe HIE and 30-50% infants with moderate HIE either die or develop significant developmental delay, cerebral palsy or other disabilities.The incidence of HIE is 1-3 per 1,000 term births in developed countries and 15-20 times higher in developing countries (Worldwide, 0.5 to 1 million infants develop HIE each year). Therapeutic hypothermia is the only proven therapy for infants with HIE. Even after receiving therapeutic hypothermia, one-half of all infants with moderate and severe HIE die or develop neurological and functional impairment. Therapeutic hypothermia is not widely available and ineffective in developing nations.There is an urgent need for a new therapy for neonates with HIE, which can complement hypothermia and be readily available in developing nations. Stem cell transplantation is a potential therapy for infants with HIE. Umbilical cord blood is a rich source of stem cells. Umbilical cord milking (UCM) may have similar effect as autologous umbilical cord blood cell transplantation.
Preliminary evidence suggests a placental transfusion in term infants may be a neuroprotective mechanism that can also facilitate cardiovascular transition for neonates depressed at birth and result in decreased mortality and improved neurodevelopmental outcomes. Infants with HIE, due to varied complications during the birth process, have poor perfusion due to fetal blood volume loss to the placenta. However, the most common method of providing placental blood, delayed cord clamping (DCC) cannot be performed since infants with HIE are non-vigorous and providers often need to perform resuscitation immediately after birth. The World Health Organization and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ACOG) also does not recommended DCC in neonates who are non-vigorous (limp, pale, and not breathing) at birth and require immediate resuscitation. Umbilical cord milking (UCM) or gently squeezing cord blood toward the baby, is an alternative to DCC, which can achieve significant placental transfusion without delaying resuscitation. Further, UCM can be completed as quickly as immediate cord clamping (ICC) and UCM requires minimal training and no additional staff.
The investigators hypothesized that UCM will reduce the number of infants developing moderate to severe HIE or death in neonates who are non-vigorous at birth compared to early cord clamping (ECC). This will be a cluster crossover randomized controlled trial. Each hospital will be randomly assigned to use either ECC or UCM for any infant who is non-vigorous at birth and needing resuscitation over a period of 6 months. Then the site will change to the other method for an additional 6 months.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Umbilical Cord Milking | Active Comparator | The delivering practitioner will place the newborn below the level of the incision (at the edge of the table) at C/S and a second team member will milk the cord four times. For vaginal delivery, the delivering obstetrician, midwife or perinatal provider will hold the infant against their body or place the infant on the mother's abdomen and the cord will be milked either four times by the obstetrical provider or by a second team member. For the cord milking procedure, the obstetrical provider will milk 20-30 centimeters length of the umbilical cord over two seconds, repeating three additional times as described previously. This time is not significantly different from the time for ECC. |
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| Early Cord Clamping | No Intervention | Umbilical cord will be clamped immediately after birth (within 60 seconds) |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Umbilical cord milking | Other | At delivery, the umbilical cord is grasped, and blood is pushed toward the infant 4 times before the cord is clamped. This procedure infuses a placental transfusion of blood into the infant and can be done in 1--15 seconds. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Moderate to severe HIE or death | Number of infants with moderate to severe HIE or death | From date of birth until the date of discharge from the hospital or date of death from any cause, whichever come first, asessed up to 10 weeks. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| MRI of the brain | Number of infants with moderate to severe HIE who have abnormal brain MRI | 4 days to 2 weeks |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Zubair H Aghai, MD | Nemours Children's Clinic | Principal Investigator |
| Anup Katheria, MD | Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women & Newborns | Principal Investigator |
| Sangappa Dhaded, MD | KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| KLE Academy of Higher Education and Research (Deemed-to-be-University) Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College | Belagavi | Karnataka | 590010 | India |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 41250198 | Derived | Yogeshkumar S, Vernekar SS, Dhaded SM, Talekar K, Leiby BE, Hartman R, Vaucher Y, Chouthai N, Girish M, Jain M, Jain S, Parvekar S, Jain V, Patankar A, Suryawanshi M, Tiwari M, Waikar M, Nashine N, Ambike D, Asalkar M, Kulkarni R, Haribhaktha S, Narkhede H, Chaudhari S, Kamble M, Shrirame D, Falke B, Mehta S, Verma A, Gothwal S, Goudar SS, Derman R, Katheria A, Aghai ZH. CORDMILK: Umbilical Cord Milking versus Early Cord Clamping on short-and long-term outcomes in neonates who are non-vigorous at birth-study protocol of a multi-center, cluster-randomized, crossover-controlled trial. Trials. 2025 Nov 17;26(1):509. doi: 10.1186/s13063-025-09197-8. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D020925 | Hypoxia-Ischemia, Brain |
| D001238 | Asphyxia Neonatorum |
| D005330 | Fetofetal Transfusion |
| ID | Term |
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| D002545 | Brain Ischemia |
| D002561 | Cerebrovascular Disorders |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D000087526 | Umbilical Cord Clamping |
| ID | Term |
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| D036861 | Delivery, Obstetric |
| D013513 | Obstetric Surgical Procedures |
| D013514 | Surgical Procedures, Operative |
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| OTHER |
| Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College | OTHER |
| Daga Memorial Maternity and Children's Hospital, Nagpur, India | UNKNOWN |
| Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences | OTHER |
| Karnataka Institue of Medical Sciences, Hubbali, India | UNKNOWN |
| Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education & Research | OTHER_GOV |
| All India Institute of Medical Sciences | OTHER |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) | NIH |
| Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital, Nagpur, India | UNKNOWN |
| Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's Post-Graduate Institute, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital, Pune, India | UNKNOWN |
| Government Medical College, Nagpur | INDUSTRY |
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| Indira Gandhi Government Medical College & Hospital | Nagpur | Maharashtra | 440018 | India |
| Pimpri Chinchwad Municipal Corporation's Post-Graduate Institute, Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial Hospital | Pune | Maharashtra | 411018 | India |
| Government Medical College | Chandrapur | MS | 442401 | India |
| Daga Memorial Woman and Children Hospital | Nagpur | MS | 440002 | India |
| Government Medical College and Hospital | Nagpur | MS | 440009 | India |
| All India Institute of Medical Science | Nagpur | MS | 441108 | India |
| Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences/ Kasturba Hospital | Wardha | MS | 442102 | India |
| Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College | Jaipur | Rajasthan | 302004 | India |
| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D002534 | Hypoxia, Brain |
| D014652 | Vascular Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
| D000860 | Hypoxia |
| D012818 | Signs and Symptoms, Respiratory |
| D012816 | Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D007232 | Infant, Newborn, Diseases |
| D009358 | Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities |
| D000751 | Anemia, Neonatal |
| D000740 | Anemia |
| D006402 | Hematologic Diseases |
| D006425 | Hemic and Lymphatic Diseases |