Treatment of Anemia in the 2nd Year of Life. Comparison of the Efficacy of Two Different Iron Preparations.
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00248716 |
Recruitment Status : Unknown
Verified April 2008 by Soroka University Medical Center.
Recruitment status was: Recruiting
First Posted : November 4, 2005
Last Update Posted : May 6, 2008
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Healthy toddlers (age 9-18 month) following a routine blood count will be placed in three groups:
- Iron deficiency with no anemia
- anemia
- no anemia and no iron deficiency Following a nutritional questionnaire, parents of all toddlers will receive instruction regarding appropriate nutrition in the 2nd year of life. Groups 1 and 2 will randomly receive one of two preparations currently in use for treatment of iron deficiency in Israel (Aktiron 35 - Ferrous gluconate and Ferripel-3 - iron polysaccharide complex). Followup blood count will be taken 3 month after recruitment. The study aims to compare the effectiveness of the Iron preparations regarding compliance and efficacy.
The hypothesis is that a significant difference will be detected between the two preparations.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Iron Deficiency Anemia | Drug: Ferrous gluconate and iron polysaccharide complex | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Study Start Date : | February 2007 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | April 2009 |

- Drug: Ferrous gluconate and iron polysaccharide complex
Children with anemia will receive 5mg per kg per day of one of study medications. Treatment period for 3 months
- Hemoglobin [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 9 Months to 18 Months (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Healthy toddlers age 9-18 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Toddlers with: chronic diseases, prematurity, inherited hematological disease.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00248716
Contact: Jacob Urkin, MD, MPH | 972-8-6477480 | jacobur@clalit.org.il |
Israel | |
Primary Pediatric Care Unit, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev | Recruiting |
Beer-Sheva, Israel, 84105 | |
Contact: Jacob Urkin, MD, MPH 972-8-6477480 jacobur@clalit.org.il |
Principal Investigator: | Jacob Urkin, MD, MPH | Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
Responsible Party: | Dr Jacob Urkin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00248716 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
sor458607ctil |
First Posted: | November 4, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | May 6, 2008 |
Last Verified: | April 2008 |
Anemia Hematologic Diseases Ferrous gluconate Hematinics |