NCT02458625

A Comparison Between Intravenous Iron Sucrose to Its Combination With Oral Iron Supplements for the Treatment of Postpartum Anemia

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 158 (actual)
• Sponsor: HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study is aimed to compare the efficacy of two mode of iron administration to treat post partum anemia - a single dose of intravenous iron sucrose versus a single dose of iron sucrose and 6 weeks of treatment with oral iron supplement.

Detailed description

Anemia is common following delivery. It is associated with disturbing symptoms such as fatigue, cognitive impairment and syncope in severe cases. International guidelines recommend to use intravenous iron sucrose to treat intermediate and severe anemia until the target hemoglobin is achieved. However, patient's compliance after delivery is low, making the administration of several doses difficult. In those cases oral iron supplements might be used. In the present study the investigators will compare the efficacy of two iron administration protocols to treat post partum anemia - a single dose of intravenous iron sucrose versus a single dose of iron sucrose and 6 weeks of treatment with oral iron supplement.

Conditions

• Postpartum Anemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Iron sucrose 500 mg
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Iron bisglycinate 60 mg

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-04-01
• Primary completion: 2020-06-07
• Completion: 2020-11-04
• First posted: 2015-06-01
• Last updated: 2020-11-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel