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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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Soroka University Medical Center

Study Description
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Brief Summary:

Healthy toddlers (age 9-18 month) following a routine blood count will be placed in three groups:

  1. Iron deficiency with no anemia
  2. anemia
  3. 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
Iron Deficiency Anemia Drug: Ferrous gluconate and iron polysaccharide complex Phase 4

Study Design
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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

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MedlinePlus related topics: Anemia Iron

Arms and Interventions
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Intervention Details:
  • 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

Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Hemoglobin [ Time Frame: 3 months ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   9 Months to 18 Months   (Child)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Healthy toddlers age 9-18 months

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Toddlers with: chronic diseases, prematurity, inherited hematological disease.
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Contacts
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Contact: Jacob Urkin, MD, MPH 972-8-6477480 jacobur@clalit.org.il

Locations
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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   
Sponsors and Collaborators
Soroka University Medical Center
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Jacob Urkin, MD, MPH Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
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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
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Anemia
Hematologic Diseases
Ferrous gluconate
Hematinics