Effectiveness of Oral Iron Therapy in Iron Deficiency Anemia With Daily vs Alternate Day Dosing

Effectiveness of Intermittent Oral Iron Therapy vs Continuous Oral Iron Therapy in Treating Iron Deficiency Anemia Patients UpTo 5 Year of Age; a Randomized Control Trial

Status

Completed

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT07267975

Enrollment

Registered

2025-12-05

Start date

2025-01-07

Completion date

2025-05-07

Last updated

2026-06-16

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Conditions

Iron Deficiency Anemia, Iron Deficiency Anemia Treatment

Keywords

Oral iron, Children, IDA

Brief summary

Treating iron deficiency anemia in children with daily and alternate day oral iron therapy

Detailed description

Comparison of effectiveness of oral iron in daily and alternate group in children

Interventions

DRUGFerrous sulphate

Continuous vs intermittent oral iron therapy to see the difference of Hemoglobin rose in both group

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

1 Days to 5 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Patients of both genders with ages in the range of 0 -60 months suffering from IDA as per operational definition.

Exclusion criteria

1. Who have already taken treatment for IDA during last 2-months as per history/clinical record. 2. Who have undergone recent blood transfusion during last 12-weeks as per history/clinical record. 3. Children with chronic kidney disease, chronic liver disease, cardiac failure or concomitant malignancy

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Rise in hemoglobin level after oral iron	3 months	Hemoglobin level change in g/dl
Change in Hemoglobin level	3month	Hb rise in g/dl

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Rise in ferritin level	3 month	Ferritin level change in ng/ml

Countries

Pakistan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 17, 2026