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Iron Supplementation Among Adolescent Girls in India

This study is currently recruiting participants.
Verified by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, January 2006

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Information provided by:	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00198848

Purpose

This study will implement and evaluate a community-based intervention to distribute and promote consumption of weekly iron-folic acid supplements and to provide nutrition education to reduce the prevalence of iron deficiency anemia among adolescent girls in West Bengal, India.

Condition	Intervention
Iron Deficiency Anemia	Drug: Iron-folic acid supplement

MedlinePlus related topics:

Anemia Dietary Supplements

ChemIDplus related topics:

Folic acid

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Non-Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment

Official Title:	Iron Supplementation Among Adolescent Girls in India

Further study details as provided by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Prevalence of anemia after 1 year of intervention

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Knowledge of anemia
Practices regarding treatment and prevention of anemia
Knowledge of iron supplements
Practices regarding iron supplements
Dietary iron intake

Estimated Enrollment:	2800
Study Start Date:	September 2005
Estimated Study Completion Date:	July 2007

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	12 Years to 19 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:	Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Girl 12-19 years of age
Resides in study area

Exclusion Criteria:

Does not reside in study area

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00198848

Contacts


Contact: Michele L Dreyfuss, PhD, MPH	410-614-4760	mdreyfus@jhsph.edu

Locations


India, West Bengal
	Child In Need Institute	Recruiting
	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
	Contact: Laboni Jana, MS laboni@cinindia.org
	Sub-Investigator: Laboni Jana, MS
	Principal Investigator: Kaliprasad Pappu, MBBS, MPH

Sponsors and Collaborators

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Michele L Dreyfuss, PhD, MPH	Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	H.32.04.11.22.A2, S3433-23/23 (ASPH)
First Received:	September 13, 2005
Last Updated:	September 6, 2006
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00198848
Health Authority:	United States: Institutional Review Board

Keywords provided by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health:

Iron deficiency anemia

Adolescent girls

India

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Folic Acid

Metabolic Diseases

Malnutrition

Hematologic Diseases

Anemia

Nutrition Disorders

Iron Metabolism Disorders

Metabolic disorder

Iron

Deficiency Diseases

Anemia, Iron-Deficiency

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Growth Substances

Physiological Effects of Drugs

Anemia, Hypochromic

Trace Elements

Micronutrients

Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on September 05, 2008