Status:
COMPLETED
Periconceptional Iron Supplementation in Rural Bangladesh
Lead Sponsor:
The Hospital for Sick Children
Conditions:
Anemia
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Up to 40 years
Phase:
EARLY_PHASE1
Brief Summary
The investigators hypothesize that periconceptional iron supplementation to married, nulliparous women in rural Bangladesh will significantly reduce anemia and improve hemoglobin concentrations before...
Detailed Description
In 2007, the National Strategy for Anemia Prevention and Control in Bangladesh included adolescents and newly married women as target groups for future iron and folic acid (IFA) supplementation progra...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Women were eligible if they were:
- Married
- Nulliparous
- \< 40 years old
- Living in the same household as their husband
Exclusion
- Women were excluded if they were:
- Pregnant at enrollment
- Planning to move out of the region
- Using iron supplements within the previous 3 months
- Using an implant form of birth control, or had surgery to prevent pregnancy
- Women with a Hb concentration of \< 70 g/L, defined as severely anemic according to WHO definition (5), were excluded from the study and appropriately treated
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
273 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00953134
Start Date
February 1 2007
End Date
March 1 2008
Last Update
April 19 2021
Active Locations (1)
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Brac
Dhaka, Dhaka Division, Bangladesh, 1212