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Study of the Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in Elderly Patient in Hospital Environment

NCT05514951 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 888

Last updated 2025-03-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Iron deficiency is defined by insufficient tissue iron stores and anemia is the ultimate stage of iron deficiency. Anemia should never be neglected in an elderly subject because it is associated with an increase in mortality, but also with a increased morbidity in terms of complications

Apart from anemia, iron deficiency is common and constitutes a factor of poor prognosis in diseases chronic, all pathologies very frequently found in the elderly. It is the origin of the deterioration in the general condition of patients, their re-hospitalization or even the progression of their pathology.

In this context where elderly patients also present a certain number of comorbidities including the pathologies mentioned previously, it is important to better diagnose the deficiency martial in the elderly patient.

Conditions

  • Iron-deficiency

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Blood sampling

Blood sampling

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vifor Pharma

    lead INDUSTRY

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-11-15
Primary Completion
2022-12-09
Completion
2022-12-09

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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