# The Australian Placental Transfusion Study (APTS): Should Very Pre Term Babies Receive a Placental Blood Transfusion at Birth Via Deferring Cord Clamping Versus Standard Cord Clamping Procedures?

> **NCT02606058** · NA · COMPLETED · sponsor: **University of Sydney** · enrollment: 1637 (actual)

## Conditions studied

- Preterm Birth

## Interventions

- **PROCEDURE:** Deferred cord clamping

## Key facts

- **NCT ID:** NCT02606058
- **Lead sponsor:** University of Sydney
- **Sponsor class:** OTHER
- **Phase:** NA
- **Study type:** INTERVENTIONAL
- **Status:** COMPLETED
- **Start date:** 2010-09
- **Primary completion:** 2017-04
- **Final completion:** 2020-09
- **Target enrollment:** 1637 (ACTUAL)
- **Last updated:** 2020-11-05

## Collaborators

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## Primary source

ClinicalTrials.gov registry: https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02606058

## Citation

> US National Library of Medicine, ClinicalTrials.gov registration NCT02606058, "The Australian Placental Transfusion Study (APTS): Should Very Pre Term Babies Receive a Placental Blood Transfusion at Birth Via Deferring Cord Clamping Versus Standard Cord Clamping Procedures?". Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-28 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/clinical/NCT02606058. Licensed CC0.

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