Reducing Anemia in Pregnancy in India: the RAPIDIRON Trial

Pregnant participants randomized to intervention arm 1 will receive a single dose of ferric carboxymaltose having 1000mg of iron if they weigh over 50kg. If a participant is under 50kg, they will receive a lower dose as determined by a formula used by the manufacturer (20mg iron/kg body weight). This will be given ideally immediately after randomization, sometime between 14 weeks and 17 weeks of pregnancy.

Pregnant participants randomized to intervention arm 1 will receive a single dose of iron isomaltoside having 1000mg of iron if they weigh over 50kg. If a participant is under 50kg, they will receive a lower dose as determined by a formula used by the manufacturer (20mg iron/kg body weight). This will be given ideally immediately after randomization, sometime between 14 weeks and 17 weeks of pregnancy.

Pregnant participants randomized to the oral iron arm will be given 200 ferrous sulphate tablets with 60mg elemental iron each, immediately after randomization, and instructed to take two per day (one in the morning and one at night) throughout the remainder of their pregnancy.