NCT01163877

Iron Absorption and Utilization in Adolescents Infected With Malaria Parasites, Hookworms or Schistosoma

Iron Absorption and Utilization in Adolescents Infected With Malaria Parasites, Hookworms or Schistosoma.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 12 Years – 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to investigate the change in iron metabolism in relation to malaria and helminth infections using a stable isotope technique.

Detailed description

The aim of the study is to determine how iron metabolism in subjects with infectious diseases (malaria, hookworm or S. haematobium) differs while infected and after treatment, i.e. the same individuals will be restudied while free of infection.

Conditions

• Malaria, Falciparum
• Hookworm Infections
• Schistosoma Haematobium

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Fe-57 orally, Fe-58 intravenously	Subjects will receive a test drink containing 3 mg Fe-57 in the form of labelled FeSO4 followed by 1 ml of an aqueous solution containing 50 μg Fe-58 as iron citrate.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2013-09-01
• Completion: 2013-09-01
• First posted: 2010-07-16
• Last updated: 2013-10-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Côte d’Ivoire