Overview

Timing of Iron Supplementation in Very Low Birth Weight Infants

Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2007-01-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
To examine if early iron supplementation (starting oral iron at 14 days of life) would improve the nutritional iron status(measured by serum ferritin) of very low birth weight infants at postnatal age of 60 days, when compared to the standard regime of starting iron at 2 months of life.
Phase:
N/A
Details
Lead Sponsor:
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Collaborator:
Indian Council of Medical Research
Treatments:
Iron