Effectiveness of Placental Drainage in the Third Stage of Labor: a Randomized Clinical Trial (PLADRAINAGE)

Instituto Materno Infantil Prof. Fernando Figueira

Status: Completed

Conditions: Management of Delivery

Treatments: Procedure: Placental drainage

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01655576

PLADRAINAGE

Pla1 (Registry Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if placental drainage shortens third period of labor and reduces postpartum blood lost.

Full description

The study aims to compare the effectiveness of placental drainage versus maintenance of maternal cord clamped end in the third stage of labor to reduce postpartum blood loss.

Enrollment: 226 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Low risk pregnant women
• Pregnancy at term
• Women at low risk for assisted labor / delivery and postpartum care.
• Live Fetus

Exclusion criteria

• Women under 18, mentally handicapped and indigenous;
• Women who agreed to participate signed the Informed Consent, but evolved to cesarean section or instrumental delivery by forceps;
• Instrumental Delivery by forceps or c-section

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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226 participants in 2 patient groups

Routine clamping

No Intervention group

Description:

After delivery of the newborn, umbilical cord at mothers end, will be left clamped until delivery of the placenta.

Placental drainage

Experimental group

Description:

After delivery of the newborn, umbilical cord at mothers end, will be left unclamped until delivery of the placenta.

Treatment:

Procedure: Placental drainage