NCT00248716

Treatment of Anemia in the 2nd Year of Life. Comparison of the Efficacy of Two Different Iron Preparations.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Soroka University Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 9 Months – 18 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Healthy toddlers (age 9-18 month) following a routine blood count will be placed in three groups: 1. Iron deficiency with no anemia 2. anemia 3. no anemia and no iron deficiency Following a nutritional questionnaire, parents of all toddlers will receive instruction regarding appropriate nutrition in the 2nd year of life. Groups 1 and 2 will randomly receive one of two preparations currently in use for treatment of iron deficiency in Israel (Aktiron 35 - Ferrous gluconate and Ferripel-3 - iron polysaccharide complex). Followup blood count will be taken 3 month after recruitment. The study aims to compare the effectiveness of the Iron preparations regarding compliance and efficacy. The hypothesis is that a significant difference will be detected between the two preparations.

Conditions

• Iron Deficiency
• Anemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ferrous gluconate and iron polysaccharide complex	Children with anemia will receive 5mg per kg per day of one of study medications. Treatment period for 3 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2007-02-01
• Primary completion: 2009-04-01
• First posted: 2005-11-04
• Last updated: 2008-05-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel