Status:
COMPLETED
Nutritional Education and the Prevention of Iron Depletion in Children 9 Months to 2 Years
Lead Sponsor:
The Hospital for Sick Children
Conditions:
Iron Deficiency
Eligibility:
All Genders
9-9 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Iron depletion in young children is common and may progress to iron deficiency anemia which is associated with irreversible neurodevelopmental effects. Efforts to prevent iron depletion are key to pre...
Detailed Description
We plan to undertake a randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an office-based educational intervention for the prevention of iron depletion in young children. Healthy children wi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Children aged 9 months who are attending a routine primary care well-child visit.
- Children who are in good general health.
- Children whose parents provide informed consent to participate.
Exclusion
- Children with chronic illness.
- Children with birth weight less than 2.5 kg.
- Children with previously diagnosed anemia (including known iron deficiency anemia). This includes children with marrow failure (aplastic anemia, Fanconi anemia), hemoglobinopathies (sickle cell disease, thalassemia), lead intoxication, sideroblastic anemia, megaloblastic anemia, enzymopathies (G6PD deficiency, pyruvate kinase deficiency), or membranopathies (hereditary spherocytosis).
- Children currently receiving medications associated with anemia. This includes children taking antimetabolites or phenytoin.
- Children currently receiving iron supplementation other than iron fortified formula.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
251 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00907088
Start Date
January 1 2006
End Date
May 1 2009
Last Update
April 16 2014
Active Locations (1)
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The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada