U.S., Feb. 10 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07397572) titled 'Iron Supplementation and Anemia After Sleeve Gastrectomy' on Feb. 02.
Brief Summary: The goal of this observational study is to learn if taking extra iron pills after weight loss surgery helps prevent low iron and anemia compared to just taking a standard multivitamin. The main question it aims to answer is:
Does a specific iron supplementation plan lower the number of patients who develop iron deficiency anemia in the 6 months after sleeve gastrectomy surgery?
Researchers will compare two groups of patients from different hospital units to see if the extra iron works:
Patients from one unit who take a prophylactic iron supplemen...