Adherence With Iron Sprinkles Among High-Risk Infants

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2005-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Compared with iron drops, iron sprinkles supplied for 3 months to high-risk children beginning at age 5-7 months will increase adherence and reduce the rates of anemia and iron deficiency.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Treatments: Ferrous fumarate; Iron; Vitamin A; Vitamin D; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Healthy infants

• Age 5-7 months

• Presenting for 6 months well-child care

• Caregiver speaks English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pre-existing medical conditions with potential relation to iron deficiency or anemia (e.g., hemoglobinopathies, gastrointestinal disorders resulting in malabsorption, chronic renal disease, gestational age at birth of less than 36 weeks, and HIV infection)

• Inability to speak English or Spanish

• Use of vitamin or iron supplements in the previous three months