NCT06176430

Comparison of Twice Weekly Versus Daily Iron Therapy in Treating Anemia in Children With Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 160 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Months – 60 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

a randomized clinical trial to compare the effect of twice weekly versus daily iron therapy in treating anemia in children with cerebral palsy, to be conducted at Department of pediatric medicine children's hospital PIMS islamabad.

Detailed description

a total of 160 children of either gender with age between 6 and 60 months diagnosed with cerebral palsy and concomitant iron deficiency anemia will be enrolled, they will be allocated two groups by lottery method. one group will be given ferrous sulphate 3mg/kg daily in the form of syrup and other group will be given ferrous sulphate 3mg/kg twice weekly in the form of syrup for a period of 4 weeks. the primary outcome will be measured as rise in hemoglobin levels more than or equal to 1g/dl at 4 weeks.

Conditions

• Cerebral Palsy
• Iron Deficiency Anemia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Ferrous Sulfate Oral Product	ferrous sulphate oral in the form of syrup

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-02-01
• Primary completion: 2024-03-15
• Completion: 2024-03-15
• First posted: 2023-12-19
• Last updated: 2024-01-17