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Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00980421
Date of registration: 18/09/2009
Primary sponsor: Annamalai University
Public title: Safety of Various Mode of Delivery of Iron Supplement on Iron Toxicity Markers in Preschool Children
Scientific title: Effect of Mode of Delivery of Iron and/or Iron and Zinc Supplement on Iron Status Markers and Potential Markers of Iron Toxicity in Children Aged 24-36 Months
Date of first enrolment: October 2009
Target sample size: 240
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00980421
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
India
Contacts
Name:   Venugopal P Menon, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 91-4144-238343
Email: biocmr@sify.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Venugopal P Menon, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 91-4144-238343
Email: biocmr@sify.com
Affiliation: 
Name:   Venugopal P Menon, PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Annamalai University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- between 24-36 months of age

- not severely malnourished or ill requiring hospitalization

- willing to stay in the study area for 6 months

- consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

- not consented

- severely malnourished or ill requiring hospitalization



Age minimum: 24 Months
Age maximum: 36 Months
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Iron Overload
Oxidative Stress
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Iron Supplementation
Primary Outcome(s)
The effect of intervention on immune response, iron over load, oxidative stress markers and iron status [Time Frame: 0 month, 1 month and 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Primary Outcome Measures: Mortality Incidence of disease requiring hospitalization interleukin response during severe illness or hospitalization [Time Frame: 180 days]
Secondary ID(s)
RHN/NTF/82008-09
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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