Iron Status and Myelination in Premature Infants

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Conditions studied: Neurodevelopmental Outcome

In brief

Premature infants with iron deficiency if supplemented with more elemental iron than the routine 2mg/kg/day will have improved brain development.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00684697

Run by

University of Rochester

People needed

100

Starts

2009-05-01

Expected to finish

2020-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-02

Who can join

Age: any, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Babies less than or equal to 33 weeks gestational age

You may not qualify if…

• Infants with cranio-facial malformations
• Torch infections
• Infants with hearing disorders
• Infants receiving erythropoietin
• Infants with subnormal vitamin E levels
• Infants with severe anemia
• Infants who are not on full feeds
• Infant with in-utero exposure to cocaine

Where it is running

• University of Rochester Medical Center — Rochester, New York, United States

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