Conditions: Iron Deficiency Anemia
Keywords: Anemia.
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 146
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This is a phase 3 clinical investigation. Patients who meet the eligibility criteria and provide signed informed consent will be randomized to receive one of two levels of Ferrlecit or oral iron in a 1:1:1 ratio.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: 125 mg sodium ferric gluconate weekly x 8 weeks arm 2: 250 mg sodium ferric gluconate complex weekly x 4 weeks arm 3: 325 mg ferrous sulfate three times daily x 8 weeks

Interventions: intervention 1: Sodium Ferric Gluconate Complex intervention 2: Sodium Ferric Gluconate Complex intervention 3: Oral Iron
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 125 mg weekly x 8 weeks intervention 2: 250 mg weekly x 4 intervention 3: 325 mg ferrous sulfate orally three times daily x 8 weeks

Protocol document: