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Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Supplementation and Genomic Stability in Infants

NCT03359447 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 204

Last updated 2019-02-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study compares weekly versus daily administration of iron for prevention of anemia in 6 months old infants. One third of the infants that are exclusively breast fed will not receive iron, the second third will receive iron weekly and the last third will receive iron daily. Half of the infants that take infant formula will receive iron weekly and the other half will receive iron daily.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Weekly Ferrous Sulfate

Drops

DRUG

Daily Ferrous Sulfate

Drops

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ana Varea, Biochemist · Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Months
Max Age
3 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-08-01
Primary Completion
2019-03-31
Completion
2019-08-01

Countries

  • Argentina

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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