Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Supplementation and Genomic Stability in Infants

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2019-08-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

This study compares weekly versus daily administration of iron for prevention of anemia in 6 months old infants. One third of the infants that are exclusively breast fed will not receive iron, the second third will receive iron weekly and the last third will receive iron daily. Half of the infants that take infant formula will receive iron weekly and the other half will receive iron daily.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri
• Treatments: Iron

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 3 months old infants, clinically healthy, born to term (>37 weeks), that weighted at birth between 2500 and 4000 g, that have normal prenatal records.

Exclusion Criteria:

• anemic or iron deficient infants, or that have a chronic pathology, or that have undergone an acute pathology in the previous 15 days. Children that are receiving antibiotics or vitamin supplements.