Active clinical trials for "Anemia, Iron-Deficiency"

The study aims to investigate the prevalence of genetic polymorphisms in adults with iron deficiency and anemia, and the responses to two different treatments: iron sulphate and a composite herbal medicine (Hibiscus sabdariffa plus Centella asiatica). The main outcome will be hemoglobin, measured before and after 6 weeks.

Background: How best to improve iron status among infants in low-income settings is of continued concern in many countries, including Brazil Objective: Design: In a double blind, 5-mo, home-based trial in Brazil, mildly anemic 6 - 24 month-old children (n=175) were randomly assigned to receive either Ultra Rice (URG) fortified with 23,4, mg Fe as micronized ferric pyrophosphate (MFP) and a placebo solution of iron drops, or identical non-fortified rice (CG) and a solution of iron drops. Parents were instructed on the correct dosage of iron drops and to feed their children (including whether and how much rice) as they normally would. Iron status and hemoglobin (Hb) were measured at baseline and at 5 mo.

The purpose of this study is to determine the subjective response of iron substitution (Tardyferon®) on fatigue in women blood donors with a mean serum ferritin < 30ng/ml and to assess variation of ferritin and hemoglobin after a blood donation.

This was a double-blind community-based trial, placebo controlled. During 16 weeks, children in the intervention group (GI, n=180) received iron fortified rice, and children in the control group (GC, n=174) received rice with placebo. Anemia was considered present when hemoglobin < 11.0g/dL. Comparison of mean variation on hemoglobin between groups was accessed by using Student's t-test. Hemoglobin concentration improved in both groups, with mean increase of 0.42 g/dL in GI (11.28±1.23 g/dL to 11.75±1.16 g/dL, p < 0.001), and 0.49 g/dL in GC (11.06±1.13 g/dL to 11.51±1.16 g/dL, p < 0.001). Anemia decreased (p < 0.01) in both groups (37.8% to 23.3% in GI and 45.4% to 33.3% in GC), with no differences between them. Hemoglobin increase was significantly higher in children who received total amount of iron ≥ 53.76 mg from fortified rice, compared to those who received less than this cut-off value (0.94 g/dl vs 0.39 g/dl p=0.03). The results suggest that this type of intervention can be useful in anemia control if fortified food intake is adequate.

Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional deficiency and the most common cause of anemia .It is characterized by a defect in hemoglobin synthesis, resulting in red blood cells that are abnormally small (microcytic) and contain a decreased amount of hemoglobin (hypochromic).

Iron deficiency may result from inadequate dietary intake, achlorhydria or excessive ingestion of proton pump inhibitors, parasitic infestations, chronic infections and repeated pregnancies. Iron supplementation of antenatal patients is a basic tenet of antenatal care programmes in numerous developing and underdeveloped nations. Postpartum anemia is defined as hemoglobin of less than 11.5 gm% during the postpartum period. The prevalence of postpartum anemia varies from 4 - 27%. Chronic iron deficiency due to inadequate intake/ lack of iron supplementation during pregnancy, repeated pregnancies and postpartum hemorrhage are important causes of postpartum anemia

multi-center, prospective, randomized, open-labeled, active-drug-controlled, two-parallel-group-comparison(venoferrun group vs Bolgre group)study

Iron deficiency is a common state during the perioperative period. Data from literature do not allow us to conclude on how perioperative iron deficiency influences postoperative infections occurrence. This prospective observational study aims to assessed the postoperative infections incidence according to the preoperative iron-stock status.

The purpose of this study is to see if rice enriched in iron will help women with iron-deficient anemia restore their blood counts more efficiently than the standard rice not enriched with iron.

The purpose of this study is to confirm that treatment with IV ferric carboxymaltose improves exercise capacity, physical functioning and quality of life in patients with iron deficiency and chronic heart failure.