Ferric carboxymaltose vs. oral iron in the treatment of pregnant women with iron deficiency anemia: An international, open-label, randomized controlled trial (FER-ASAP)

Journal of Perinatal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 443-453

  Breymann, Christian ^a   Milman, Nils ^b   Mezzacasa, Anna ^c   Bernard, Roubert ^c   Dudenhausen, Joachim ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Vifor (International) Inc   (Switzerland)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; ferric carboxymaltose; hemoglobin; intravenous; iron deficiency anemia; newborn; pregnancy; quality of life; serum ferritin

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CARBOXYMALTOSE; FERROUS SULFATE; HEMOGLOBIN; PHOSPHATE; FERRIC ION; FERROUS ION; MALTOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSPASM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPEPSIA; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; FETUS DISTRESS; HEADACHE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; OPEN STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE FETUS MEMBRANE RUPTURE; PREMATURE LABOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RASH; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NEWBORN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVENOUS; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FEMALE; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; FERROUS COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALTOSE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HEMATOLOGIC; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85020467515     PISSN: 03005577     EISSN: 16193997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jpm-2016-0050     Document Type: Article

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