CompletedNot Applicable

Trial Comparing Iron Supplementation Versus Routine Iron Intake in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

United States150 participantsStarted 2010-05

Plain-language summary

In preterm infants with birth weights less than 1500 grams, does iron supplementation with 2mg/kg/day in addition to routine feeding with routine iron-fortified milk (formula or fortified mother's milk), as compared to routine iron fortified milk, increase hematocrit at 36 weeks adjusted postmenstrual age (or at discharge if sooner)?

Who can participate

Age range24 Weeks – 32 Weeks

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Birth weight \<1500 grams * Tolerating iron fortified preterm formula or fortified human milk at 120cc/kg/day by 8 weeks of age * \</= 32 weeks adjusted post-menstrual age at the time of enrollment Exclusion Criteria: * Cyanotic heart disease * Bowel resection prior to enrollment

What they're measuring

Hematocrit (Hct) at 36 Wks Post Menstrual Age (PMA)

Timeframe: at 36 weeks adjusted postmenstrual age

Trial details

NCT IDNCT01125163

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2012-02

Results submitted2012-03-18

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