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TerminatedPhase 4
Daily Versus Alternate Day Iron Supplementation for the Treatment of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy
Key facts
- Who runs it
- The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
- Where
- Galveston, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Status
- Terminated
- Phase
- Phase 4
- People taking part
- 14 people enrolled
- Started
- 27 Oct 2020
- Ended
- 12 Jan 2024
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Ferrous sulfate
- Record updated
- 24 June 2024
- Why it stopped
- Unable to recruit enough participants
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years to 50 years
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Hemoglobin less than 11 g/dl in the first trimester or less than 10.5 g/dl in the second trimester
- Microcytic anemia
- Singleton gestation in the first or second trimester
Who cannot take part
- Malabsorptive disorder or history of restrictive or malabsorptive gastric surgery
- History of cardiopulmonary disease
- Known diagnosis of anemia other than iron deficiency (thalassemia, macrocytic, sickle cell, etc.)
- Severe anemia requiring parental infusion or transfusion of blood products
Where in United States
- University of Texas Medical BranchGalveston, United States
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The target population for our study is pregnant women in the first or second trimester with a diagnosis of iron deficiency anemia. If a subject is eligible, written consent will be obtained by person to person contact. Eligible participants will be randomized to receive either daily oral iron supplementation or every other day oral iron supplementation.
The 2 groups in the trial
- Daily iron supplementationExisting treatment, for comparison
Oral ferrous sulfate, 325 mg, take once daily
Treatment: Ferrous sulfate
- Alternate day iron supplementationTreatment being tested
Oral ferrous sulfated, 650mg, taken once daily every other day
Treatment: Ferrous sulfate
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- A Randomized Trial of Intermittent Oral Iron Supplementation vs. Daily Oral Iron Supplementation for the Treatment of Anemia in Pregnancy
- Record updated
- 24 June 2024