Iron therapy for very low birth weight infants
Phase 1
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Very low birth weight infants at 2 weeks of age
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2013/01/003277
- Lead Sponsor
- JIPMER Institute Research Grant
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 112
Inclusion Criteria
To evaluate whether early oral iron supplementation at 2weeks of age would improve the iron status of preterm very low birth weight infants at postnatal age of 12 weeks, in comparison to starting iron supplementation at 6 weeks of life
Exclusion Criteria
a.Major congenital anomalies
b.Rh hemolytic disease or ABO hemolytic disease
c.Twin to twin transfusion
d.Gestational age < 26 weeks
e. Refusal to give consent
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method