Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Supplementation and Genomic Stability in Infants
Status:
Unknown status
Trial end date:
2019-08-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
This study compares weekly versus daily administration of iron for prevention of anemia in 6
months old infants. One third of the infants that are exclusively breast fed will not receive
iron, the second third will receive iron weekly and the last third will receive iron daily.
Half of the infants that take infant formula will receive iron weekly and the other half will
receive iron daily.
Phase:
Phase 4
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Instituto de Desarrollo e Investigaciones Pediátricas Prof. Dr. Fernando E. Viteri