Comparison of Nutritional Information With Iron-succinate Supplementation in Healthy Women

NCT ID: NCT06648018

Last Updated: 2024-10-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

80 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-10-15

Study Completion Date

2025-01-31

Brief Summary

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The primary aim of the current study is to evaluate the effects of dietary nutritional advice with regards to iron rich food sources or a daily oral supplement of 100 mg ferrous iron succinate in 80 menstruating, healthy women aged 20-40 years for 8 weeks. The study will use a randomized controlled non-blinded design, and 80 healthy women aged 20-40 years whom regularly exercise will be included. Data collection will be made through online, standardized forms using the digital platform REDCap 13.1.28 (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA). Study personnel will register laboratory and body weight results through the same system. Participants will be randomized 1:1 to either follow written dietary recommendations to increase their dietary iron intake, or to use a daily oral supplement of 100 mg of iron succinate. Study parameters are blood tests (fasting blood samples will be collected by a licensed laboratory: serum iron, serum transferrin, serum transferrin saturation, serum ferritin, and serum soluble transferrin receptor, blood status (hemoglobin, MCV, MCH, MCHC, thrombocytes, leukocytes), and plasma high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) and Body height and weight as well as questionnaires.

Detailed Description

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Aim The primary aim of the current study is to evaluate the effects of dietary nutritional advice with regards to iron rich food sources or a daily oral supplement of 100 mg ferrous iron succinate in 80 menstruating, healthy women aged 20-40 years.

Methods The study will use a randomized controlled non-blinded design, and 80 healthy women aged 20-40 years whom regularly exercise will be included. Data collection will be made through online, standardized forms using the digital platform REDCap 13.1.28 (Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA). Study personnel will register laboratory and body weight results through the same system.

Recruitment and participation criteria Individuals will be recruited through any or all of the following: at primary care center(s) in Sweden, via posters at the care center(s), via care providers during visits to the care center(s) and/or via external advertisement through social media and/or at public spaces.

Inclusion criteria will be menstruating women aged 20 to 40 years who are healthy and regularly exercise. As reimbursement, participants will receive 2000 SEK for the drawing of blood samples at the end of their study participation.

Inclusion visit

Individuals interested to participate will be booked for an inclusion visit with a study nurse during which oral and written information of the study will be provided, and a written consent will be given. Online, participants will then be asked to fill in the following information:

* A detailed online questionnaire regarding age, use of nicotine and tobacco products, and any drugs or supplements.
* A questionnaire on menstruation quantities including the number of menstruation days, the number of heavy menstruation days, and the menstrual product use, which has been shown to accurately estimate menstrual blood loss.24
* The Alcohol use disorders identification test (AUDIT)
* A food frequency questionnaire (FFQ)
* To evaluate physical activity, we will use the validated questions from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare,25 as well as the validated SED-GIH question of The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences (GIH) on sedentary behavior which was also developed with support from the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare.26
* A questionnaire on gastrointestinal symptoms, including the number of bowel movements per week and the quality of them assessed using the Bristol stool scale (BSS). Gastrointestinal transit time can be approximated as defecation frequency, or more accurately, as stool consistency 27, and the BSS is one such questionnaire.

Body height and weight, with participants in light clothing without shoes, as well as fasting blood samples will be collected by a licensed laboratory: serum iron, serum transferrin, serum transferrin saturation, serum ferritin, and serum soluble transferrin receptor, blood status (hemoglobin, MCV, MCH, MCHC, thrombocytes, leukocytes), and plasma high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP).

Intervention/control period Participants will be randomized 1:1 to either follow written dietary recommendations to increase their dietary iron intake, or to use a daily oral supplement of 100 mg of iron succinate.

Conclusion visit Of the above information, the following will be repeated after the conclusion of the 8 week intervention/control period: questionnaires on physical activity and gastrointestinal symptoms, the FFQ, and the drawing of blood samples.

Conditions

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Well Being

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Nutritional information

Written information about food with high iron content.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Nutritional information

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Written nutritional information about food with high content of iron.

100mg iron-succinate per day as a pill.

Participants get 56 pills of 100mg iron-succinate to take one/day for 8 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Iron-succinate

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

100 mg of Iron-succinate per day.

Interventions

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Nutritional information

Written nutritional information about food with high content of iron.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Iron-succinate

100 mg of Iron-succinate per day.

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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Exclusion Criteria

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Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Primary Health Care Center, Region Östergötland

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Linkoeping University

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role collaborator

University Hospital, Linkoeping

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Fredrik H Nystrom

MD PhD full professor, senior consultant in internal medicine

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Fredrik H Nyström, MD PhD Professor

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Linkoeping University

Locations

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Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Linköping University

Linköping, , Sweden

Site Status

Countries

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Sweden

Other Identifiers

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Fe-minine health and exercise

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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