Randomized Trial of Iron Supplementation to Prevent Anemia in Very-low-birth-weight Infants

Phase 2/3 Completed 150 enrolled The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if iron supplementation in addition to routine iron intake decreases the risk of developing anemia in preterm infants.

Timeline

Start: 2010-07
Primary completion: 2012-02
Completion: 2012-02

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper There was no significant difference in the primary outcome ranking (P = .59) PMID 23339225 ↗

Publications

Results Taylor TA, Kennedy KA. Randomized trial of iron supplementation versus routine iron intake in VLBW infants. Pediatrics. 2013 Feb;131(2):e433-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2012-1822. Epub 2013 Jan 21.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	elemental iron	Unknown	2 mg/kg	—