To study whether children taking iron syrup maintain their iron levels in their blood

Efficacy of National Iron Plus Initiative programme in maintaining the iron status of children aged 1 year to 5 years â?? A cohort study

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Phase 2

Study type

Interventional

Source

CTRI

Registry ID

CTRI/2023/01/049093

Enrollment

200

Registered

2023-01-18

Start date

Unknown

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2023-02-06

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Conditions

Health Condition 1: D539- Nutritional anemia, unspecified

Interventions

Intervention1: Iron Syrup: The participating children will receive iron syrup in the doses recommended by Governmentâ??s National Iron Prophylaxis programme. (1 mL containing 20 mg of elemental Iron a

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Consecutive children aged 1 year to 5 years without clinical anaemia, attending our pediatrics outpatient services.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Receiving treatment for Anaemia 2. Received blood transfusion in the last 6 months 3. Clinical features suggestive of haemoglobinopathies / hemolytic anemia/ bleeding disorders including thrombocytopenia 4. Children with undernutrition (weight for stature < 3 rd percentile in IAPchart) 5. History and/or clinical examination suggestive of ongoing infection/ inflammatory disease (currently or within a month) 6. Children on long term steroids / Immunosuppressives 7. Chronic organic or metabolic disease (congenital heart disease, liver disease, interstitial lung disease, immunodeficiency states, cognitive dysfunction)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
To estimate the proportion of children aged 1 year to 5 years maintaining their iron status at the end of one year of supplementation of iron as per the National Iron Plus Initiative.Timepoint: 1 year	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
To identify the causes hindering the children from getting regular iron prophylaxis at the end of 1 yearTimepoint: 1 year;To identify the proportion of children who are not getting Iron prophylaxis as per the National Iron plus initiative among the population screened at the end of 1 yearTimepoint: 1 year;To identify the socio-demographic factors associated with the noncompliance of iron prophylaxis at the end of 1 yearTimepoint: 1 year	—

Measure

Time frame

To identify the causes hindering the children from getting regular iron prophylaxis at the end of 1 yearTimepoint: 1 year;To identify the proportion of children who are not getting Iron prophylaxis as per the National Iron plus initiative among the population screened at the end of 1 yearTimepoint: 1 year;To identify the socio-demographic factors associated with the noncompliance of iron prophylaxis at the end of 1 yearTimepoint: 1 year

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Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactGunasekaran D

Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry

drguna007@gmail.com9994493960

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026