Conditions: Pregnancy
Keywords: Iv iron in pregnant women second and third trimester
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 74
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
To determine the percentage of women who achieve anemia correction after a single dose of 1000mg of low molecular weight iron dextran(infed).

Detailed description:
To determine the percentage of women who achieve anemia correction after a single dose of 1000mg of low molecular weight iron dextran(infed).

To determine whether IV iron supplementation has a higher satisfaction with treatment as compared to oral supplementation in a population previously intolerant of or unresponsive to oral iron.

To evaluate the safety of IV low molecular weight iron dextran in pregnant women.

To assess maternal and fetal outcomes-preterm delivery, low birth weight deliveries, ER visits and hospitalizations related to preterm labor, preterm contractions, ante-partum and post-partum transfusions, maternal hemoglobin at post-partum visit after IV iron supplementation groups.

Arms:
arm 1: Intravaneous iron(1000 mg low molecular weight iron dextran over 60 minutes) for moderate to severe iron deficient anemia of pregnancy in women intolerant of or unresponsive to oral iron.

Interventions: intervention 1: Intravaneous iron(low molecular weight iron dextran)
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 1000 mg of Iron dextran administered over one hour

Protocol document: