Enhancing Treatment of Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia With an Antioxidant, Vitamin E

PHASE1CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

44

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

June 30, 2011

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2013

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2013

Conditions
Iron DeficiencyIron Deficiency Anemia
Interventions
DRUG

Vitamin E

A commercial Vitamin E preparation (Aqueous Vitamin E®, 15 IU/0.3 ml; SilaRx, Inc, Spring Valley, NY) will be used for the study, also on the recommendation of the Children's Hospital Colorado (CHC) research pharmacist. The Vitamin E dose will be 18 mg/day for all subjects randomized to the Vitamin E group.

OTHER

Placebo

The control group will receive an indistinguishable placebo preparation, which will be compounded by the CHC research pharmacy using the following inactive ingredients: purified water, polysorbate 80, sorbital, and propylene glycol. This suspension is stable for 6 months.

Trial Locations (1)

80045

University of Colorado Denver, Aurora

All Listed Sponsors
lead

University of Colorado, Denver

OTHER

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