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Influence of Iron and Foliate Transporters on Bioavailability of These Micronutrients in the Organism

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Nutrition Disorders
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: Folic acid and iron supplementation
Dietary Supplement: Control group
Registration Number
NCT03438942
Lead Sponsor
Poznan University of Life Sciences
Brief Summary

The aim of the study is to determine the factors affecting the bioavailability of iron and folic acid during the simultaneous use of iron supplements and folic acid supplements in non-pregnant women of childbearing age.

Detailed Description

Scientists in the field of nutrition and gynecology and obstetrics have been paying attention to the need of use iron and folate supplements in women of childbearing age. Increased intake of micronutrients in the diet or the use of supplementation does not always bring the expected results, what depends on factors that affect the bioavailability of minerals and vitamins. On the one hand these factors are related to the properties of food intake, e.g. to the presence of other nutrients that can increase or decrease the absorption of folates and iron (eg vitamin C, phytates), and on the other hand the functioning of the body itself, which to a certain extent is determined by genetic factors (e.g., genetically determined reduced activity of methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase \[MTHFR\], which reduces the bioavailability of folic acid).

The study aims:

* assessment of the effect of simultaneous supplementation with iron and folate on:

* parameters of the iron metabolism

* parameters of the folate metabolism

* the estimation of gene polymorphisms encoding proteins transporting iron and folate

* obtaining information whether the polymorphism of genes encoding proteins transporting iron and folate is related to the effectiveness of the iron and folic acid supplementation used in non-pregnant women of childbearing age.

In 200 non-pregnant women of childbearing age a blood level of iron and folic acid will be determined. Subjects with low level of blood iron and folic acid will be supplemented with oral iron and folic acid for 3 months. Subjects with proper level of blood iron and folic acid will be a control group. At baseline and at completion of the study (after 3 months) fasting blood will be collected and abovementioned parameters will be estimated.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
Female
Target Recruitment
200
Inclusion Criteria
  • age 18 to 35 years
  • stable body weight (< 3 kg self-reported change during the previous three months)
  • written informed consent to participate in the study,
  • regular menstrual period;
  • regular diet
Exclusion Criteria
  • history of use of any dietary supplements within the one month prior to the study containing iron or folic acid
  • clinically relevant acute or chronic inflammatory disease in the respiratory, gastrointestinal or genitourinary system or in the mouth, throat, paranasal sinuses and / or connective tissue disease, arthritis;
  • simultaneous participation in a study that affects body weight or use of diet / medication / nutritional behaviors affecting body weight;
  • a history of infection in the month prior to the study
  • nicotine, drug or alcohol abuse
  • vegetarian diet;
  • pregnancy or lactation
  • other condition that, in the opinion of the investigators, would make participation not in the best interest of the patient or could prevent, limit, or confound the study results

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Folic acid and iron supplementationFolic acid and iron supplementationIndividuals with low level of blood folic acid and iron- will receive folic acid and iron supplementation daily, for 3 months
Control groupControl groupIndividuals with proper level of blood folic acid and iron- will not receive folic acid and iron supplementation daily, for 3 months
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
folic acid concentrations at baselineAt the baseline

blood folic acid concentrations at baseline

iron concentrations at baselineAt the baseline

blood iron concentrations at baseline

folic acid concentrations after 3 months of treatmentafter 3 months of treatment

blood folic acid concentrations after 3 months of treatment

iron concentrations after 3 months of treatmentafter 3 months of treatment

blood ron concentrations after 3 months of treatment

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
blood pressureAt the baseline

blood pressure

Body % muscleAt the baseline

Muscle tissue % estimated with BodPod (air displacement plethysmography)

hepcidin at the baselineAt the baseline

serum hepcidin concentration at the baseline

ferritin at the baselineAt the baseline

serum ferritin concentration at the baseline

body heightAt the baseline

body height

ferritin after 3 months of treatmentafter 3 months of treatment

serum ferritin concentration after 3 months of treatment

total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) at the baselineAt the baseline

Blood total iron-binding capacity at the baseline

reduced folate carrier (RFC) gene polymorphismsAt the baseline

polymorphisms of gene encoding reduced folate carrier

Body % fatAt the baseline

Fat tissue % estimated with air displacement plethysmography

divalent metal transporter 1 (DMT1) gene polymorphismsAt the baseline

polymorphisms of gene encoding divalent metal transporter 1

transferrin receptor 2 (TfR2) gene polymorphismsAt the baseline

polymorphisms of gene encoding transferrin receptor 2

body massAt the baseline

body mass

hepcidin after 3 months of treatmentafter 3 months of treatment

serum hepcidin concentration after 3 months of treatment

homocysteine at the baselineAt the baseline

serum homocysteine concentration at the baseline

TIBC after 3 months of treatmentafter 3 months of treatment

Blood total iron-binding capacity after 3 months of treatment

homocysteine after 3 months of treatmentafter 3 months of treatment

serum homocysteine concentration after 3 months of treatment

proton-coupled folate transporter (PCFT) gene polymorphismsAt the baseline

polymorphisms of gene encoding proton-coupled folate transporter

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Poznan University of Life Sciences

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Poznań, Poland

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