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Clinical trial of Iron supplement in anemic pregnant women.

Not Applicable
Conditions
Health Condition 1: D509- Iron deficiency anemia, unspecified
Registration Number
CTRI/2022/11/047376
Lead Sponsor
Generex Pharmassist Pvt. Ltd.
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
ot Yet Recruiting
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
0
Inclusion Criteria

1. Pregnant females with age between 18-40 years (Both inclusive) 2. Presence of a live, singleton, intrauterine fetus and dating ultrasound at screening that indicates a pregnancy that would be between week 13 to week 20 (both inclusive) 3. Female with primi or multigravida 4. Pregnant females without any other comorbidity 5. Hemoglobin levels between 9-10.5 gm/dl (Bothinclusive) 6. With or without the fatigue associated with anemia 7. Serum ferritin levels between 10-15 mcg/L (Both inclusive) 8. Able to give written informed consent 9. Able to follow up through visits.

Exclusion Criteria

1.Pregnant women of less than 13 weeks and more than 20 of gestation;2.Pregnant female with complicated pregnancy history or ongoing treatment for the same;3.Pregnant women with complications like bleeding piles, excessive emesis, active peptic ulcer, diabetes, hypertension, eclampsia, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism and multiple pregnancy;4.Fetal anomaly if detectable when an initial ultrasound is done to date the pregnancy;

5.Subjects on any concomitant therapy for treating IDA during study period 6.Not willing to provide consent or follow up; 7.Any condition from investigator viewpoint can affect patient participation in the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1.Changes in hemoglobin levels between groups on screening and every follow up visit till end of the studyTimepoint: Screening, week 4, week 8,and week 12 and week 16
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
1.Changes in Ferritin levels between groups on screening & every follow up visit till end of the study. <br/ ><br>2.Changes in fatigue severity score between groups on screening & every follow up visit till end of the study. <br/ ><br>3.Changes in serum iron between groups at screening & end of the study. <br/ ><br>4.Changes in score of symptoms related to iron deficiency as well as gastrointestinal events between groups after iron supplementation such <br/ ><br>as breathlessness, palpitations, headaches, <br/ ><br>dizziness, irritability & constipation, abdominal <br/ ><br>discomfort, nausea & heartburn on 4-point ordinal scale. (0- none, 1- mild, 2- moderate, 3- severe) on screening, baseline, & every follow up visit till end of the studyTimepoint: Screening, week 4, week 8,and week 12 & week 16
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