Neurodevelopment After Early Iron Supplementation

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Background: Iron deficiency in early childhood may impair neurodevelopment.

Aim: To examine whether early iron supplementation improved neurodevelopment in preterm infants.

Method: Children who participated in a clinical trial of iron supplementation were invited for a neurodevelopmental follow-up examination at the time of school entry.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University of Ulm
• Treatments: Iron

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• inborn infants with a birth weight of <1301g admitted between June 1996 and June 1999

Exclusion Criteria:

• major anomalies, hemolytic disease, twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome, missing parental consent