Iron Status and Myelination in Premature Infants

NCT00684697 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2021-03-02

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Summary

Premature infants with iron deficiency if supplemented with more elemental iron than the routine 2mg/kg/day will have improved brain development.

Conditions

  • Neurodevelopmental Outcome

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

iron

High, intermediate and low iron dosage orally for 2 months

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Rochester

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sanjiv B Amin, MD MS · University of Rochester

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Max Age
32 Weeks
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-05-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2020-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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