Comparative homoeopathic medicines for anaemia in adolescents.
Phase 3
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: D50-D53- Nutritional anemias
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/09/057549
- Lead Sponsor
- Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Haemoglobin levels = 11.9 g/dl and > 8 g/dl
Exclusion Criteria
1.Raised CRP levels greater than 10.0 mg/dl
2.Adolescents who have had malaria within 6 weeks prior to the enrollment
3.Adolescents with Vitamin B12 levels below 200 pg/mL
4.Adolescents with folic acid level less than 3 ng/mL
5.Adolescents with concurrent heart, liver or renal conditions and malignancy, self-reported bleeding disorder or haemoglobinopathy.
6.Adolescents where parents refuse consent or child refuses assent
7.Adolescents with self-reported cases of drug reactions, chronic infections, autoimmune diseases, malignancy, tuberculosis etc.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in haemoglobin levelsTimepoint: 2 months, 4 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in other haematological parameters related to anaemia i.e. serum ferritin, serum iron, serum total iron binding capacity after 4 months of treatment.Timepoint: 4 months;Change in RBC profile of patients with respect to red cell count, PCV, MCV, MCH, MCHC, RDW, Reticulocyte countTimepoint: 4 months;To identify the causes of Anaemia.Timepoint: Baseline