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NCT04463511
Placing Preterm Infants in Polyethylene Bags Immediately After Birth
NA trial testing Polyethylene bag before the umbilical cord is clamped in Newborn in 194 participants. Status unknown.
1 September 2022
Quick facts
| Lead sponsor | University College Dublin |
|---|---|
| Phase | NA |
| Status | Status unknown |
| Study type | INTERVENTIONAL |
| Allocation | randomized |
| Design | parallel |
| Masking | double |
| Primary purpose | prevention |
| Enrollment | 194 |
| Start date | 13 July 2020 |
| Primary completion | 1 September 2022 |
| Estimated completion | 1 January 2023 |
| Sites | 1 location across Ireland |
Drugs / interventions tested
- Polyethylene bag before the umbilical cord is clamped
Conditions studied
- Newborn — all drugs for Newborn →
- Infant — all drugs for Infant →
- Hypothermia — all drugs for Hypothermia →
- Premature — all drugs for Premature →
Sponsor
University College Dublin
Who can join
Under 32 Weeks, any sex, with Newborn or Infant. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.
Sponsor's own description
Primary objective: To determine if placing preterm infants in a polyethylene bag (PB) immediately after birth, before the umbilical cord is clamped, will increase the number of preterm infants with a normal temperature on admission to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).
Publications & conference data
1 peer-reviewed publication reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):
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Polyethylene bags before cord clamping in very preterm infants: a randomised controlled trial.
Dunne EA, Ni Chathasaigh CM, Geraghty LE, O'Donnell CP, et al · · 2024 · cited 1× · PMID 38212105 · DOI 10.1136/archdischild-2023-325808
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Verify against primary sources
- ClinicalTrials.gov — authoritative US registry record
- WHO ICTRP — international registry index
- EU Clinical Trials Register
- Sponsor press releases (Google)
- Trial protocol + status: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04463511 (US National Library of Medicine, public domain)
- Publications: Europe PMC API search by NCT ID, retrieved 10 June 2026
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- Sponsor: as reported to ClinicalTrials.gov by University College Dublin
- Last refreshed: 18 May 2022
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