Comparison of Twice Weekly Versus Daily Iron Therapy in Treating Anemia in Children With Cerebral Palsy

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2024-03-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

a randomized clinical trial to compare the effect of twice weekly versus daily iron therapy in treating anemia in children with cerebral palsy, to be conducted at Department of pediatric medicine children's hospital PIMS islamabad.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. All the children with cerebral palsy who are diagnosed cases of iron deficiency anaemia

2. Age 06 months to 5 years

3. Both genders

Exclusion Criteria:

1. >5 years of age

2. Children with severe anaemia requiring transfusion (Hb<5 g/L)

3. Children with history of taking oral/IV iron supplements or repeated blood transfusions during last one month

4. Children with concomitant diarrheal disease

5. Where parents are not willing to participate in the study