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Acute vs. Delayed Iron Therapy: Effect on Iron Status, Anemia and Cognition

NCT01093989 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 239

Last updated 2015-06-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The research questions to be answered by this study are:

1. Is treatment with iron more effective at improving anemia if given at the time of a malaria episode or 1 month after the episode?
2. Which treatment timing is associated with more malaria episodes - 1 month delayed treatment or immediate treatment at the time of malaria?
3. Does timing of iron treatment affect later thinking processes and behavior?

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Ferrous Sulphate Syrup

Iron therapy will consist of a three-month course of ferrous sulphate syrup. For children with Hb ≥ 7 g/dL, each daily dose will be based on 2 mg iron/kg body weight.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Minnesota

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chandy C John, M.D. · University of Minnesota

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Months
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-06-30
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • Uganda

Study Locations

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