Trial Comparing Iron Supplementation Versus Routine Iron Intake in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

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Conditions studied: Iron Deficiency Anemia

In brief

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)?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01125163

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

150

Starts

2010-05-01

Expected to finish

2012-02-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-01-04

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Birth weight <1500 grams
• Tolerating iron fortified preterm formula or fortified human milk at 120cc/kg/day by 8 weeks of age
• </= 32 weeks adjusted post-menstrual age at the time of enrollment

You may not qualify if…

• Cyanotic heart disease
• Bowel resection prior to enrollment

Where it is running

• Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, Texas Medical Center — Houston, Texas, United States

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