Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Elisabeth Logan
ORCID ID
Contact details
The King's Mill Centre (NHS Trust)
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
Nottingham
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
elisabeth.logan@kmc-tr.nhs.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Imp 15-4 Logan
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
GP practices
Trial type
Quality of life
Patient information sheet
Condition
Iron deficiency anaemia
Intervention
FCB reports for practices in the control arm received a standard haematologist comment "consistent with iron deficiency anaemia - ? cause". Those for practices in the intervention arm were printed with a brief guideline, "consistent with iron deficiency anaemia - ? cause. Suggest treat with ferrous sulphate, 200 mg three times a day (tds) for 4 months but check response in 3 - 4 weeks. Simultaneously investigate cause, consider barium enema to exclude colorectal problems."
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/03/1997
Overall trial end date
01/01/2000
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All general practices within the health communities of two district general hospitals. Patients presenting to their GP's were included if they were men over 20 years or women over 50 with a full blood count showing Hb 12g/dl or less (men) or 11g/dl (women) together with a reduced mean cell volume (MCV) and a red cell count not exceeding 5.5 x 1012/l.
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/03/1997
Recruitment end date
01/01/2000
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
The King's Mill Centre (NHS Trust)
Nottingham
NG17 4JL
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
Sponsor details
The Department of Health
Richmond House
79 Whitehall
London
SW1A 2NL
United Kingdom
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
NHS Evaluation of Methods to Promote the Implementation of Research Findings (National Programme) (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=12357013
Publication citations
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Results
Logan EC, Yates JM, Stewart RM, Fielding K, Kendrick D, Investigation and management of iron deficiency anaemia in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial of a simple management prompt., Postgrad Med J, 2002, 78, 923, 533-537.