Treatment of Anemia in the 2nd Year of Life. Comparison of the Efficacy of Two Different Iron Preparations.
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
1969-12-31
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Healthy toddlers (age 9-18 month) following a routine blood count will be placed in three
groups:
1. Iron deficiency with no anemia
2. anemia
3. no anemia and no iron deficiency Following a nutritional questionnaire, parents of all
toddlers will receive instruction regarding appropriate nutrition in the 2nd year of
life. Groups 1 and 2 will randomly receive one of two preparations currently in use for
treatment of iron deficiency in Israel (Aktiron 35 - Ferrous gluconate and Ferripel-3 -
iron polysaccharide complex). Followup blood count will be taken 3 month after
recruitment. The study aims to compare the effectiveness of the Iron preparations
regarding compliance and efficacy.
The hypothesis is that a significant difference will be detected between the two
preparations.