Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Caring for Those Who Share: Mitigating Iron Deficiency In Regular Blood Donors
Brief Summary:
The prevalence of iron deficiency in blood donors has been demonstrated to be a direct consequence of repeat blood donations. Given the adverse effects of iron deficiency, it is priority to implement programs to remediate iron deficiency issues associated with blood donations. To explore this issue, the study's aims to:
To conduct this randomized, placebo controlled study, participant donors will be assigned to one of two arms and followed for a 24 month period. Each subject will provide additional blood samples of 7 ml and 4.5 ml at each study visit for the purpose of tracking hemoglobin (Hgb), ferritin, soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR), and hematology laboratory results.
Under the two study arms, subjects are to be randomized into one of the following five blinded categories: