Severe Anemia Treatment Trials, Pakistan

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-05-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of two enhanced regimens (deworming and multivitamins) in the treatment of severe anemia in pregnant women and children 6-24 months of age in Karachi, Pakistan.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
• Collaborator: Aga Khan University
• Treatments: Anthelmintics; DMP 777; Folic Acid; Iron; Mebendazole; Piperazine; Piperazine citrate; Vitamin B Complex

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Pregnant women with severe anemia (Hb<70g/L)

• Children 6-24 months with severe anemia (Hb<70 g/L)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Gestational age >=36 weeks

• Edema

• Breathlessness