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Oslo Footballplayers Iron Supplementation and Training (FIT) Study

NCT04526678 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 26

Last updated 2025-05-23

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Summary

The aim of the study is to characterize the diet and iron status of young female elite football players and examine the relationship between iron intake, iron status, hemoglobin levels, intestinal health and sports performance. In addition, the effects of low-dose iron supplements on iron stores will be investigated and whether such supplementation affects intestinal health, microbiota composition and biomarkers for oxidative stress.

Conditions

  • Athletes
  • Iron
  • Endurance Performance
  • Hemoglobin
  • Intestinal Health
  • Microbiota

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Iron supplement (27mg)

The participants will be randomized to an intervention group or a control group. The intervention group will ingest 27mg iron daily for three months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Norwegian School of Sport Sciences

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Oslo

    collaborator OTHER

  • Norwegian Olympic Sports Centre

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Norwegian University of Life Sciences

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
16 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-08-11
Primary Completion
2020-12-03
Completion
2030-12-31

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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