New technique could speed up lifesaving care for newborns in crisis
NCT ID NCT06915467
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new way to place an emergency IV line through the umbilical cord in newborns who need urgent resuscitation. The procedure aims to deliver adrenaline faster than the standard method. Researchers will enroll 26 full-term babies to see if the new technique can restore a normal heart rate within 90 seconds.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- umbilical vein catheterization through Wharton's jelly procedure
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a quicker, more reliable emergency access for life-saving drugs in newborns, potentially improving resuscitation outcomes.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-phase study with only 26 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The procedure may fail or take longer than expected, and standard care will be used as backup.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 26 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria : * Full-term newborn (≥ 37 SA) * Newborn for whom a resuscitation decision has been taken. * Newborn in circulatory arrest, or in profound bradycardia \< 60 bpm, requiring an injection of adrenaline in the delivery room, the indication being established in accordance with the recommendations of the European Resuscitation Council 2021, after completion of the first stages of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, including the establishment of effective ventilation * Newborn beneficiary of a social security scheme or entitled person. Non-inclusion Criteria : * Newborn with known heart defects or other potentially lethal defects * Presence of a pre-existing access route * Paediatric resuscitator not trained to the UVW procedure * Twins born in circulatory arrest and requiring simultaneous management
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Neonatal medicine - neonatal resuscitation department - Hôpital Delafontaine
Saint-Denis, 93200, France
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Neonatal medicine and resuscitation department - Centre Hospitalier de Troyes
Troyes, 10000, France
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Neonatal medicine and resuscitation department - Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Poissy Saint-Germain-en-Laye - Poissy site
Poissy, 78300, France
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Neonatal medicine department - Hôpital Louis Mourier
Colombes, 92700, France
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Paediatric resuscitation and neonatal medicine department- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Amiens-Picardie
Amiens, 80054, France
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