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. 2014 Jul 3;2014(7):CD009532. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD009532.pub2

Grosz 2011.

Methods Type of study: parallel, 4‐arm randomised controlled trial
Country of study: Norway
Study setting: Oslo Blood Bank
Number of participants randomised: 621 (numbers in each treatment arm not reported)
Number of participants analysed: not reported
Follow‐up time points: 30 days after whole blood donation
Source of funding: not reported
Participants Active blood donors who provided written informed consent
Mean age (years): not reported
Sex (male/female): not reported
Interventions Treatment arm 1: standard 20‐day iron supplementation of one tablet (Niferex©) 100 mg Fe2+ per day
Treatment arm 2: standard 20‐day iron supplementation combined with a daily high‐dose vitamin C in the form of 1 tablet of 750 mg ascorbic acid (Pharma Nord©) daily for 30 days
Treatment arm 3: 30‐day high‐dose vitamin C supplementation only
Treatment arm 4: no form of supplementation
Outcomes Serum ferritin; haemoglobin, serum iron at 30 days
Notes Insufficient information was included in this conference abstract for inclusion in the review. No further publications of this study have been identified