Status:

COMPLETED

Helicobacter Pylori Eradication Trial to Reduce Iron Deficiency in Children

Lead Sponsor:

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Collaborating Sponsors:

Texas Tech University

University of Texas

Conditions:

Iron Deficiency

Eligibility:

All Genders

36-120 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

The investigators hypothesize that the Helicobacter pylori bacterium decreases iron from the stomach and that this effect of the infection can be identified among persons with iron deficiency as well ...

Detailed Description

For the last 12 years, scientific evidence has mounted linking Helicobacter pylori infection with iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia. Reports from around the world on several cases of iron def...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children 3-10 years of age
  • Helicobacter pylori infected, asymptomatic
  • Healthy otherwise
  • Parents provided consent/assenting children 7-10 years of age

Exclusion

  • Parental consent or child assent not obtained
  • History of antibiotic-related allergic episodes
  • Children with a history of allergy, asthma, hay fever or urticaria
  • Phenylketonurics
  • Abnormal renal and hepatic functions as evaluated through albumin, bilirubin, AST (or SGOT), ALT (or SGPT), alkaline phosphatase and GGT-P
  • History of peptic ulcer
  • History of recent (\< 1 month) severe disease
  • History of recent (\< 1 month) use of antibiotics, antacids, H2 receptor antagonists, proton pump inhibitors and remedies containing bismuth
  • Parents uncertain about staying in El Paso for the next year

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

125 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00364104

Start Date

March 1 2007

End Date

December 1 2008

Last Update

June 30 2009

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Texas Tech University School of Medicine

El Paso, Texas, United States, 79905