Cerebral Oxygen Saturation Monitoring During Optimum Cord Management in Preterm Infants

ConditionPre-Term
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot listed
Trial typeObservational
Biological sexAll
Age1-24
SponsorImperial College Healthcare NHS Trust

About this trial

This study will assess the feasibilty measuring cerebral oxygen saturations using a Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) monitor immediately after delivery of preterm infants. The investigators aim to evaluate the effects of optimum cord management on cerebral oxygenation in this cohort

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

All babies eligible for optimum cord management born before 34 completed weeks gestational age

Parental consent

Disqualifiers

Multiple pregnancies

Infants for whom resuscitation at birth is not appropriate

Antenatal or immediate postnatal diagnosis of severe congenital anomaly

Infants with complex congenital cardiac disease

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cerebral NIRS monitoring at delivery

Treatment groups

40 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group