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Clinical trialNCT00301054CompletedInterventional

Study on Preventing Anemia in Children in Ghana

SponsorGhana Health ServicesEnrollment872Anaemia in Children
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Summary

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A study that seeks to establish an effective way of preventing anaemia in children at the community level using two known interventions - Iron supplementation and or antimalarial. Children recruited into the study will be assigned to four groups. Those receiving Placebo and Iron, those receiving Placebo and Antimalarial, those receiving Placebo and Antimalarial and those receiving double placebo. The children will be followed up over a period of nine months and their haemoglobin concentration, malaria parasites in their blood and their weight and height will be assessed.
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Investigators

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  • ANTHONY A OFOSU, MBChB, MPH

    GHANA HEALTH SERVICE BEREKUM DISTRICT

    Principal Investigator
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  • DONNA M DENNO, MD, PAEDS

    UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER, SEATTLE, USA

    Study Director
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

Ghana
  • District Health Directorate

    Berekum, Brong- Ahafo, Ghana

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Drugs studied

The drug and biological interventions registered on this study, normalized to their RxNorm ingredient where possible.

Ferrous sulfateSulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
30 Jun 2005
Primary completion
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Completion
30 Apr 2006
Last update posted
29 May 2006
Registered enrollment
872
Registry id
NCT00301054
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 4 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.