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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00554814
Date of registration: 06/11/2007
Primary sponsor: Bledina
Public title: Interest of Biofer ® Compound Used in Blédilait Follow on Milk in Infant With Latent Iron Deficiency
Scientific title: Interest of Biofer ® Compound Used in Blédilait Follow on Milk and Growing Milk on Iron Status Evolution in Infant With Latent Iron Deficiency
Date of first enrolment: November 2007
Target sample size: 249
Recruitment status: Suspended
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00554814
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:   Jacques LANGUE
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- infant between 6 and 12 months of age,

- preterm infant, low birth weight infant (< 2,5 kg), multiple pregnancy, infant from
mother with close pregnancies (2 babies in 2 years),

- infant with a serum ferritin value < 12ng/ml and with a normal haemoglobin value (>
11 g/dl), i.e. with a latent iron deficiency,

- infant whose parents or legal tutors have given written informed consent,

- parents or legal tutors agreeing for 4 month follow-up by the investigator,

- infant for which a clinical exam has been performed,

- infant with health insurance.

Exclusion Criteria:

- infant with serum ferritin value < 12 ng/ml and haemoglobin value < 11 g/dl

- infant already receiving medicinal iron supplementation,

- infant with acquired or congenital defect,

- infant presenting a significant metabolic, organic or digestive disease able to
interfere with study (including hemochromatosis)

- infant with congenital and/or chromosomal malformation

- infant receiving a drug susceptible, according to the investigator, to interfere with
the measured study parameters

- infant needing specific infant formula (hypoallergenic, without cow milk proteins)

- infant in a situation that could, according to investigator, interfere with an
optimal participation to the study or be a health risk



Age minimum: 6 Months
Age maximum: 12 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Latent Iron Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Drug: Bledilait Biofer®
Drug: Blédilait Biofer®
Drug: Milk supplemented with ferrous sulphate
Primary Outcome(s)
Serum ferritin value measured after 2 months of studied milks consumption. [Time Frame: 2 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
- Serum ferritin value - Serum ferritin evolution - CMV evolution - Red blood cells evolution - Common Infectious diseases - Antibiotic consumption [Time Frame: baseline, baseline + 2 months, baseline + 4 months]
Secondary ID(s)
BL010
N° ID RCB : 2007-A00684-49
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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