Iron Deficiency (ID) in Infants

Summary

ID in children is the most frequent micronutrient deficiency in industrialized countries, including France. ID induces neurological impairment reducing cognitive, motor, and behavioral capacities in children in the short and long term.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the principal determinants of ID in France in two-year-old children and to improve strategies for prevention and screening.

The main objective is to study the association between iron status in two-year-old infants living in France and the consumption of toddler milk formula after taking non-dairy iron ingestion, parental socioeconomic status and educational level into account.

The secondary objectives are the following :

* to estimate the prevalence of ID and ID anemia in 2-year-old children living in France.
* to improve clinical tools for ID screening. to improve strategies for laboratory screening.

Conditions

• Iron Deficiency in Young Children Living in France

Interventions

BIOLOGICAL

Blood samples

1 blood sample of 9 ml. 3-day food diary , according to the European Food Safety Authority methodology

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Association Clinique Thérapeutique Infantile du val de Marne

  collaborator OTHER

• Association Française de Pédiatrie Ambulatoire- AFPA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• CERBA

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Laboratoire de Biochimie, CHU Louis Mourier

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• INSERM 1153, Centre de Recherche Epidémiologique et Biostatistique

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin

  collaborator OTHER

• Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Martin Chalumeau, MD, PhD · INSERM UMR 1153

Study Design

Allocation

NA

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age

22 Months

Max Age

26 Months

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-01-06

Primary Completion

2018-01-15

Completion

2018-05-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations