Is vitamin B12 tablets as effective as vitamin B12 injections for the treatment of vitamin B12 deficiency?
Phase 3
Completed
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- vitamin B12 deficiency
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2011/11/002146
- Lead Sponsor
- Instituitional Research Fund
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 38
Inclusion Criteria
All patients with documented vitamin B12 deficiency (serum vitamin B12 level <200pg/ml)
who consent for the study
Exclusion Criteria
1.Age less than 18years
2.Pregnant individuals
3.Renal failure
4.Special cases where parenteral B12 supplementation is mandatory
(eg: those patients with severe neurological deficits, intestinal failure etc)
5.Already taking vitamin B12 supplements
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method serum vitamin B12 levelsTimepoint: three months after initiation of therapy
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.change in haemoglobin,mean corpuscular volume, serum homocysteine,clinical symptomsTimepoint: 3months