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Absorption of Heme and Non-Heme Iron in Pregnant and Non-pregnant Women and Mechanisms of Fetal Iron Transfer

NCT01019096 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 55

Last updated 2012-03-22

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Summary

The three specific aims of this study are 1) to assess the impact of iron status on relative differences in absorption of heme and non-heme iron among pregnant women and non-pregnant women, 2) to assess the magnitude and the determinants of heme and non-heme iron transfer to the fetus over the last trimester of pregnancy, and 3) to characterize relationships between placental iron binding proteins with the enrichment of stable iron isotopes in the neonate at birth. The investigators hypothesize that there will be up regulation of heme and non-heme iron absorption and up regulation of placental iron transport proteins in response to low maternal iron stores.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kimberly O O'Brien, PhD · Cornell University

  • Eva Pressman, MD · University of Rochester

Eligibility

Min Age
15 Years
Max Age
35 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2011-07-31
Completion
2011-07-31

Countries

  • United States

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