Overview

Optimizing Iron Suppletion After Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2017-06-06
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
Female
Summary
Multicentre randomized controlled trial to evaluate the optimal treatment for patients who developed an iron deficiency after Roux-en-Y Gastric bypass.
Phase:
Phase 4
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Rijnstate Hospital
Treatments:
Ferrous fumarate
Ferrous gluconate
Iron
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- all women who underwent a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and developed an iron deficiency
postoperatively (ferritin<20microgram/L)

Exclusion Criteria:

- iron deficiency peroperative, blood transfusions during study period, iron containing
nutritional supplements except the standard multivitamins after bariatric surgery,
decreased renal failure, excessive blood loss due to menstruation, anemia not caused
by iron deficiency, accumulation of iron, hypersensitivity for noe of the medicinal
products, psychiatric illness, pregnancy