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CompletedNCT00198848Updated Apr 20, 2018

Iron Supplementation Among Adolescent Girls in India

An interventional study of Iron-folic acid supplement in Iron Deficiency Anemia, sponsored by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Completed at 1 site in India. Open to female participants aged 12 Years to 19 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-04-20.

Sponsored by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
2,800
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
12 Years to 19 Years
Sex
Female
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Study summary

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.

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Conditions studied

  • Iron Deficiency Anemia

Keywords

  • Iron deficiency anemia
  • Adolescent girls
  • India
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In context

Anemia, Iron-Deficiency

644 studies on the registry are indexed under Anemia, Iron-Deficiency; 105 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 2,800 is above the median of 100 across 503 interventional studies indexed under Anemia, Iron-Deficiency.

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Lead sponsor

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health is the lead sponsor of 364 studies on the registry; 41 are open to participants now.

Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 3 (60%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
12 Years to 19 Years
Sexes eligible
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

Inclusion criteria

  • Girl 12-19 years of age
  • Resides in study area

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Does not reside in study area
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
2,800 participants (estimated)

Interventions

  • DrugIron-folic acid supplement
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Prevalence of anemia after 1 year of intervention

Secondary outcomes

  1. Knowledge of anemia

  2. Practices regarding treatment and prevention of anemia

  3. Knowledge of iron supplements

  4. Practices regarding iron supplements

  5. Dietary iron intake

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Study locations

1 site
  • Child In Need Institute
    Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 20, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00198848
Lead sponsor
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Collaborators
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
First posted
Sep 20, 2005
Start date
Sep 2005
Primary completion
Jul 2007
Completion
Jul 2007
Last update
Apr 20, 2018

Study contacts

Michele L Dreyfuss, PhD, MPH
principal investigator · Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
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