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Register: PACTR
Last refreshed on: 30 August 2021
Main ID:  PACTR202106811797550
Date of registration: 26/05/2021
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Sun Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Limited
Public title: Blood donation and Iron supplementation in Nigeria : THE RANFERON STUDY
Scientific title: Iron supplementation and blood donation in Nigeria: Effect on haemoglobin, red cell indices, and iron stores – The Ranferon study
Date of first enrolment: 04/02/2020
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Complete
URL:  https://pactr.samrc.ac.za/TrialDisplay.aspx?TrialID=15897
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Crossover: all participants receive all interventions in different sequence during study,Non-randomised,Allocation was determined by the holder of the sequence who is situated off site  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Nigeria
Contacts
Name: Angela     Ugwu
Address:  KM 22 Enugu Port Harcourt Expressway UNTH Ituku Ozalla 234 Enugu Nigeria
Telephone: +2348035023310
Email: angelao.ugwu@unn.edu.ng
Affiliation:  Consultant
Name: Jerry    Egbeaso
Address:  KM 22 Enugu Port-harcourt Expressway UNTH Ituku Ozalla 400001 Enugu Nigeria
Telephone: 2348037399094
Email: egbeasojerry@gmail.com
Affiliation:  Research assistant
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Blood donors aged from 18-65 years
Exclusion criteria: Pregnancy
Those on iron supplements including multivitamins containing iron and refuse to stop do so for the 6 weeks of the study,
Those with baseline ferritin >300 ug/L (to exclude individuals with hemochromatosis} w


Age minimum: 13 Year(s)
Age maximum: 18 Year(s)
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Haematological Disorders
Haematological Disorders
Intervention(s)
None
Oral Ranferon
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary outcome measure is effect of 6 weeks daily iron supplementation on the recovery time of haemoglobin levels, red cell indices and iron stores post donation of one unit of whole blood.
Secondary Outcome(s)
The secondary outcomes were participants’ adherence and compliance to iron supplementation dosage using Modified Morisky score (MMS) and self-reported GIT side effects of RanferonTM.
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Sun Pharmaceuticals Nigeria Limited
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 08/01/2020
Contact:
maxionyimba@gmail.com
UNTH HREC
+2348034079903
maxionyimba@gmail.com
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
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