Zinc Supplementation in Patients With β-Thalassemia Major Complicated With Diabetes Mellitus

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03851055

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : February 22, 2019

Last Update Posted : February 25, 2019

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Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Nancy Samir Elbarbary, Ain Shams University

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Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	July 10, 2018
Actual Study Completion Date :	August 28, 2018

Publications:

Gamberini MR, Fortini M, De Sanctis V, Gilli G, Testa MR. Diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in thalassaemia major: incidence, prevalence, risk factors and survival in patients followed in the Ferrara Center. Pediatr Endocrinol Rev. 2004 Dec;2 Suppl 2:285-91.

Capdor J, Foster M, Petocz P, Samman S. Zinc and glycemic control: a meta-analysis of randomised placebo controlled supplementation trials in humans. J Trace Elem Med Biol. 2013 Apr;27(2):137-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2012.08.001. Epub 2012 Nov 6.

Fung EB, Kwiatkowski JL, Huang JN, Gildengorin G, King JC, Vichinsky EP. Zinc supplementation improves bone density in patients with thalassemia: a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Oct;98(4):960-71. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.112.049221. Epub 2013 Aug 14.

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