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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03359447
Date of registration: 13/11/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri
Public title: Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Supplementation and Genomic Stability in Infants
Scientific title: Effectiveness of Weekly and Daily Iron Supplementation for the Prevention of Iron-deficiency Anemia in Infants. Impact on Genomic Stability
Date of first enrolment: August 1, 2017
Target sample size: 204
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03359447
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Prevention. Masking: Double (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Argentina
Contacts
Name:     Enrique Martins, Biochemist
Address: 
Telephone: 540221155444457
Email: enriqueflmartins@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Ana Varea, Biochemist
Address: 
Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri
Name:     Enrique Martins, Biochemist
Address: 
Telephone: 540221155444457
Email: enriqueflmartins@gmail.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 3 months old infants, clinically healthy, born to term (>37 weeks), that weighted at
birth between 2500 and 4000 g, that have normal prenatal records.

Exclusion Criteria:

- anemic or iron deficient infants, or that have a chronic pathology, or that have
undergone an acute pathology in the previous 15 days. Children that are receiving
antibiotics or vitamin supplements.



Age minimum: 3 Months
Age maximum: 3 Months
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Anemia
Iron-deficiency
Intervention(s)
Drug: Daily Ferrous Sulfate
Drug: Weekly Ferrous Sulfate
Primary Outcome(s)
Anemia [Time Frame: 7 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Genomic Instability [Time Frame: 15 days]
Adverse effects [Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Iron deficiency [Time Frame: 7 days]
Adherence [Time Frame: Through study completion, an average of 1 year]
Secondary ID(s)
20070773
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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