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

Kiss 2013.

Methods Type of study: parallel, 2‐arm randomised controlled trial
Country of study: USA
Study setting: not reported
Number of participants randomised: 214 (numbers in each treatment arm not reported)
Number of participants analysed:
Treatment arm 1: 106
 Treatment arm 2: 101
Follow‐up time points: day 56 after baseline donation
Source of funding: not reported
Participants Repeat donors (more than 1 donation in past year)
Mean age (years): not reported
Sex (male/female): 37%/63%
Interventions Treatment arm 1: oral iron 39 mg taken daily for 24 weeks. Total dose: 6552 mg
Treatment arm 2: oral placebo, taken daily for 24 weeks
Outcomes Haemoglobin; serum ferritin; time to recovery of 80% of post‐donation decrease in haemoglobin; % donors with venous Hb < 125 g/L at day 56 post‐donation; reticulocyte counts (in a subset of donors)
Notes Insufficient information was included in this conference abstract for inclusion in the review. No further publications of this study have been identified