NCT01412723

Ferrous Sulfate Versus Iron Amino Acid Chelate

EFICACIA DEL HIERRO AMINOQUELADO COMPARADO CON EL SULFATO FERROSO COMO COMPLEMENTO ALIMENTARIO EN PREESCOLARES CON DEFICIENCIA DE HIERRO.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 64 (actual)
• Sponsor: CES University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Iron deficiency and depleted levels of iron are the most prevalent nutritional deficiency and the leading cause of anemia in the world; this can occur at any age, but preschool children are at particular risk of developing it. This condition may cause serious repercussions for life, being a public health threat of considerable importance worldwide. Food fortification is considered the most effective solution to counter this situation, because it can help more people than other solutions. It is going to carry out a community trial to compare the efficacy of ferrous sulfate with respect to iron amino acid chelate as a dietary supplement in preschool children of Medellin with depleted levels of iron; in terms of increasing ferritin levels in blood and maintain hemoglobin levels. It is hypothesized that at the end of the study the effect of milk fortified with iron amino acid chelate won't be less than the effect of fortified with ferrous sulfate. It is hoped that the results may contribute, albeit indirectly, to improve the health status of children with depleted levels of iron whom consume iron-fortified products.

Conditions

• Iron Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Ferrous sulfate as dietary supplementation	Ferrous sulfate as dietary supplementation
OTHER	Iron amino acid chelated as dietary supplementation	Iron amino acid chelated as dietary supplementation

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-10-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2012-04-01
• First posted: 2011-08-09
• Last updated: 2012-04-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Colombia