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Delayed versus Immediate Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants

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Tarnow-Mordi, William, Morris, Jonathan, Kirby, Adrienne, Robledo, Kristy, Askie, Lisa, Brown, Rebecca, Evans, Nicholas, Finlayson, Sarah, Fogarty, Michael, Gebski, Val, Ghadge, Alpana, Hague, Wendy, Isaacs, David, Jeffery, Michelle, Keech, Anthony, Kluckow, Martin, Popat, Himanshu, Sebastian, Lucille, Aagaard, Kjersti, Belfort, Michael, Pammi, Mohan, Abdel-Latif, Mohamed, Reynolds, Graham, Ariff, Shabina, Sheikh, Lumaan, Chen, Yan, Colditz, Paul, Liley, Helen, Pritchard, Margo, de Luca, Daniele, de Waal, Koert, Forder, Peta, Duley, Lelia, El-Naggar, Walid, Gill, Andrew, Newnham, John, Simmer, Karen, Groom, Katie, Weston, Philip, Gullam, Joanna, Patel, Harshad, Koh, Guan, Lui, Kei, Marlow, Neil, Morris, Scott, Sehgal, Arvind, Wallace, Euan, Soll, Roger, Young, Leslie, Sweet, David, Walker, Susan, Watkins, Andrew, Wright, Ian, Osborn, David, Simes, John·2017·New England Journal of Medicine

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The preferred timing of umbilical-cord clamping in preterm infants is unclear. METHODS: We randomly assigned fetuses from women who were expected to deliver before 30 weeks of gestation to either immediate clamping of the umbilical cord (≤10 seconds after delivery) or delayed clamping (≥60 seconds after delivery). The primary composite outcome was death or major morbidity (defined as severe brain injury on postnatal ultrasonography, severe retinopathy of prematurity, necrotizing enterocolitis, or late-onset sepsis) by 36 weeks of postmenstrual age. Analyses were performed on an intention-to-treat basis, accounting for multiple births. RESULTS: Of 1634 fetuses that underwent randomization, 1566 were born alive before 30 weeks of gestation; of these, 782 were assigned to immediate cord clamping and 784 to delayed cord clamping. The median time between delivery and cord clamping was 5 seconds and 60 seconds in the respective groups. Complete data on the primary outcome were available for 1497 infants (95.6%). There was no significant difference in the incidence of the primary outcome between infants assigned to delayed clamping (37.0%) and those assigned to immediate clamping (37.2%) (relative risk, 1.00; 95% confidence interval, 0.88 to 1.13; P=0.96). The mortality was 6.4% in the delayed-clamping group and 9.0% in the immediate-clamping group (P=0.03 in unadjusted analyses; P=0.39 after post hoc adjustment for multiple secondary outcomes). There were no significant differences between the two groups in the incidences of chronic lung disease or other major morbidities. CONCLUSIONS: Among preterm infants, delayed cord clamping did not result in a lower incidence of the combined outcome of death or major morbidity at 36 weeks of gestation than immediate cord clamping. (Funded by the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council [NHMRC] and the NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre; APTS Australian and New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry number, ACTRN12610000633088 .).

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Tarnow-Mordi, W., Morris, J., Kirby, A., Robledo, K., Askie, L., Brown, R., Evans, N., Finlayson, S., Fogarty, M., Gebski, V., Ghadge, A., Hague, W., Isaacs, D., Jeffery, M., Keech, A., Kluckow, M., Popat, H., Sebastian, L., Aagaard, K., Belfort, M., Pammi, M., Abdel-Latif, M., Reynolds, G., Ariff, S., Sheikh, L., Chen, Y., Colditz, P., Liley, H., Pritchard, M., de Luca, D., de Waal, K., Forder, P., Duley, L., El-Naggar, W., Gill, A., Newnham, J., Simmer, K., Groom, K., Weston, P., Gullam, J., Patel, H., Koh, G., Lui, K., Marlow, N., Morris, S., Sehgal, A., Wallace, E., Soll, R., Young, L., Sweet, D., Walker, S., Watkins, A., Wright, I., Osborn, D., & Simes, J.
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New England Journal of Medicine
Published
2017-12-21
Volume
377
Issue
25
Pages
2445-2455
ISSN
  • 0028-4793 (ISSN-L)
  • 1533-4406
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W2765444449
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308
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26
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35.57
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journal article
Language
en
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Tarnow-Mordi, W., Morris, J., Kirby, A., Robledo, K., Askie, L., Brown, R., Evans, N., Finlayson, S., Fogarty, M., Gebski, V., Ghadge, A., Hague, W., Isaacs, D., Jeffery, M., Keech, A., Kluckow, M., Popat, H., Sebastian, L., Aagaard, K., . . . Simes, J. (2017). Delayed versus Immediate Cord Clamping in Preterm Infants. New England Journal of Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa1711281

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