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Umbilical Cord Blood Use For Admission Blood Tests of Very Low Birth Weight Preterm Neonates: A Multi-center Randomized Clinical Trial

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Anemia
Registration Number
NCT02103296
Lead Sponsor
Capt Alicia Prescott
Brief Summary

The goal of this protocol is to establish a randomized clinical trial comparing the use of cord blood vs. infant blood with the primary outcome of comparing both the absolute hemoglobin concentration and the percent change in hemoglobin concentration from baseline around 24 hours of life.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • Birth weight less than 1200g or Gestational Age less than 30 weeks born at participating medical centers
Exclusion Criteria
  • No specific exclusion criteria

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percent change in hemoglobin concentration from baseline24 hours of life
Absolute hemoglobin concentration24 hours of life
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Hemoglobin concentration at one week of lifeone week
Hemoglobin concentration at time of hospital dischargeApproximately 10 - 16 weeks
Number of blood donor exposuresParticipants will be followed from birth until time of hospital discharge, an expected average of 13 weeks.
Use of VasopressorsParticipants will be followed from birth until time of hospital discharge, an expected average of 13 weeks.
Number/volume of packed red blood cell (pRBC) transfusionsParticipants will be followed from birth until time of hospital discharge, an expected average of 13 weeks
Head UltrasoundRead at 7 Days of life and at hospital discharge which is approximately 13 weeks of age

Trial Locations

Locations (6)

Tripler Army Medical Center

🇺🇸

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

🇺🇸

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Carl R. Darnall Army medical Center

🇺🇸

Fort Hood, Texas, United States

San Antonio Military Medical Center

🇺🇸

Fort Sam Houston, Texas, United States

Portsmouth Naval Medical Center

🇺🇸

Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Madigan Army Medical Center

🇺🇸

Tacoma, Washington, United States

Tripler Army Medical Center
🇺🇸Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

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