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N/ACompleted· 150 enrolled
Drug / intervention
Iron Supplement +1 moredietary
Likely dose
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Randomized Trial Comparing Iron Supplementation Versus Routine Iron Intake in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston·interventional·Posted May 18, 2010·Updated Jan 4, 2019

In Brief

A clinical study evaluating Iron Supplement and multivitamin for Iron Deficiency Anemia. Completed, enrolled 150 participants across 1 site.

Detailed Summary

In preterm infants with birth weights less than 1500 grams, does iron supplementation with 2mg/kg/day in addition to routine feeding with routine iron-fortified milk (formula or fortified mother's milk), as compared to routine iron fortified milk, increase hematocrit at 36 weeks adjusted postmenstrual age (or at discharge if sooner)?

Study Details

Study Typeinterventional
Allocation--
Masking--
Primary Purpose--
ConditionsIron Deficiency Anemia
CountriesUnited States
Collaborators--

Timeline

N/ACompletedFinished
20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026
First PostedMay 18, 2010
Enrollment StartMay 1, 2010
Primary CompletionFeb 1, 2012
TodayJul 2, 2026
Enrollment to primary: 1.8 yearsPosted 16.1 years ago

Interventions

Iron Supplementdietary

multivitamin that provides 2mg/kg/day of iron given orally to infants when they are tolerating 120 ml/dg/day of preterm formula or fortified breast milk until they reach 36 weeks adjusted postmenstrual age.

multivitamindietary

daily oral multivitamin without iron until 36 weeks adjusted postmenstrual age