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SUBMITTER: Keller P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7449957 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Scientific reports 20200826 1
We investigated whether intravenous iron supplementation improves fatigue and general health in non-anemic repeat adult blood donors with iron deficiency (ferritin ≤ 50 µg/L). Of 1,487 potentially eligible participants, 203 were randomly assigned to a single intravenous dose of 800 mg iron-carboxymaltose and 202 to placebo; 393 participants completed the trial. At 6 to 8 weeks after intervention, self-rated mean fatigue scores (numeric rating scale from 1-10, primary outcome) were 3.9 ± 1.8 in t ...[more]