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NCT Number: NCT00345254

Severing Nuchal Cord at the Time of Delivery.

Umbilical cord often becomes encircled around portions of the fetus, usually the neck. The incidence ranges from 1 loop in 21% to 3 loops in 0.2%. In this study we wish to assessed the practice of severing the cord, which was encircled once around the neck of the fetus, after delivery of the anterior shoulder and prior to extraction of the body. The study and the control groups will include 30 women, each one. After diagnosis of cord around the neck during labor by ultrasound, the women will inter a randomization process. After delivery of the head, it will be cut intentionally in the study group and left intact in the control group. Neonatal outcome will be assessed.

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Key information

Conditions

Perinatal Outcome

Sex eligibility

Female

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Deliveery Ward, Edith Wolfson Medical Center,

Holon, 56100, Israel

About this study

Umbilical cord often becomes encircled around portions of the fetus, usually the neck. The incidence ranges from 1 loop in 21% to 3 loops in 0.2%. In this study we wish to assessed the practice of severing the cord, which was encircled once around the neck of the fetus, after delivery of the anterior shoulder and prior to extraction of the body. The study and the control groups will include 30 women, each one. After diagnosis of cord around the neck during labor by ultrasound, the women will inter a randomization process. After delivery of the head, it will be cut intentionally in the study group and left intact in the control group. Neonatal outcome will be assessed.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

single loop cord around the neck active labor spontaneous vaginal delivery

Exclusion criteria

instrumental delivery cesarean section false positive finding of cord around the neck multiple loop cord around the neck

Treatment and study plan

severing cord

Procedure

The cord was cut intentionally after delivery of the anterior shoulder and prior to extraction of the body.

Other names: Cutting the umbilical cord

Primary outcomes

  1. Umbilical Cord pH

    Time frame: immediately after delivery

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Wolfson Medical Center

Other Gov

Registry information

Official study title

Study That Clarifies Whether Cord Around the Neck Should be Severed at Delivery.

Important dates

Study start
2003
Primary completion
2006
Study completion
2006
First posted
Jun 27, 2006
Registry last updated
May 11, 2017

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