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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT02498886
Date of registration: 13/07/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Medical Research Council
Public title: IHAT Absorption Kinetics
Scientific title: An Exploratory Study to Determine Bioavailability and Transferrin Saturation Following a Single Dose of a Novel Iron Supplement (IHAT) in Gambian Women.
Date of first enrolment: August 2015
Target sample size: 34
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02498886
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Basic Science. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Early Phase 1
Countries of recruitment
Gambia
Contacts
Name:     Dora I Pereira, PhD
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Affiliation:  Medical Research Council
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Pre-menopausal women apparently healthy (as judged by a study nurse at the screening
day) with normal CRP (measured at screening).

- Non-pregnant (will be tested with a rapid pregnancy test) and non-lactating women.

- IDA arm: 9=Hb=11 g/dL and ferritin= 15 ng/ml

- Non-IDA arm: Hb>11 g/dL and ferritin> 15 ng/ml.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Malaria and other infections

- Severe anaemia (Hb<9 g/dL)

- CRP> 5 mg/L

- Chronic disease

- Currently participating in other iron intervention studies.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Iron-deficiency Anemia
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: IHAT
Dietary Supplement: Ferrous sulphate
Primary Outcome(s)
Relative bioavailability value of IHAT versus ferrous sulphate [Time Frame: 14 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Plasma iron [Time Frame: 6 hours]
Transferrin saturation [Time Frame: 6 hours]
Pathogen Growth [Time Frame: 6 hours]
Serum iron [Time Frame: 6 hours]
Secondary ID(s)
1422
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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