Safety and effectiveness of intravenous iron sucrose versus standard oral iron therapy in pregnant women with moderate-to-severe anaemia in India: a multicentre, open-label, phase 3, randomised, controlled trial

Summary: Background: Intravenous iron sucrose is a promising therapy for increasing haemoglobin concentration; however, its effect on clinical outcomes in pregnancy is not yet established. We aimed to assess the safety and clinical effectiveness of intravenous iron sucrose (intervention) versus sta...

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Main Authors: Sutapa B Neogi, ProfMD, Niveditha Devasenapathy, MBBS, Ranjana Singh, PhD, Himanshu Bhushan, MD, Duru Shah, MD, Hema Divakar, MD, Sanjay Zodpey, ProfMD, Sunita Malik, ProfMD, Smiti Nanda, ProfMD, Pratima Mittal, ProfMD, Achla Batra, ProfMD, Meenakshi B Chauhan, ProfMD, Sunita Yadav, MD, Harsha Dongre, ProfMD, Sumita Saluja, ProfMD, Vani Malhotra, ProfMD, Anjali Gupta, ProfMD, Roopa Sangwan, ProfMD, A G Radhika, DNB, Alpana Singh, MD, Sruti Bhaskaran, MD, Mrinalini Kotru, ProfMD, Meera Sikka, ProfMD, Sonika Agarwal, MD, Paul Francis, MD, Kasonde Mwingak, MMED, Dinesh Baswal, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:The Lancet Global Health
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214109X19304279