Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT03618914
Anemia and Inflammation
Interactive Effects of Iron Status and Inflammation on Serum Hepcidin and Erythrocyte Iron Incorporation in Young Women
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Swiss Federal Institute of Technology · Academic / Other
- Sex
- Female
- Age
- 18 Years – 49 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
Summary
During inflammation hepcidin concentrations are increased, leading to a decrease in iron absorption. In iron deficiency anemia hepcidin is suppressed due to the activation of erythropoiesis. Whether inflammation or anemia has the stronger effect on hepcidin is uncertain.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| BIOLOGICAL | Dultavax and Vaxigrip | All the women got an influenza/DTP vaccine in order to induce acute inflammation |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2017-09-15
- Primary completion
- 2018-03-29
- Completion
- 2018-06-30
- First posted
- 2018-08-07
- Last updated
- 2018-08-22
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Morocco
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT03618914. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.