NCT00822380

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Different Strategies to Treat Anemia in Mexican Children

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Different Strategies to Treat Anemia in Mexican Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 680 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Autonoma de Queretaro · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months – 42 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Anemia continues to be a major public health problem in many regions of the world and it is still not clear which strategy is more effective in children population in terms of adherence and efficacy. The objective was to evaluate the efficacy and acceptance of several strategies that have been recently recommended to treat anemia on anemic children (6 to 43 mo):Iron supplement, iron+folic acid supplement, a multiple micronutrients supplement a micronutrient fortified complementary food in the form of porridge powder or zinc+iron+ascorbic acid fortified water.

Conditions

• Anemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Iron	Daily 20mg of ferrous sulfate in liquid solution during 4 months
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Multiple micronutrients supplement	Daily supplement with 10mg of iron plus several micronutrients following a formula designed to treat anemia in indigenous population in Mexico. During 4 months.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	micronutrient fortified porridge powder	Daily powdered complementary food designed for a national program in Mexico with 10mg of iron plus several micronutrients during 4 months
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Iron and ascorbic acid fortified water	A drink water product fortified with 6.7 mg ofiron, zinc and ascorbic acid. This product was asked to be used for drinking and for cooking for the child during 4 months.
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Iron plus folic acid supplement	Daily liquid solution following the daily iron (12.5mg)and folic acid recommendation of UNICEF to treat anemia during 4 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2003-03-01
• Primary completion: 2003-11-01
• Completion: 2004-11-01
• First posted: 2009-01-14
• Last updated: 2009-01-14