AI Cure is a research tool showing open data. Not medical advice. Discuss with your doctor. Terms

← Trials
🧪

Treatment of Anaemia After Caesarean With Intravenous Versus Oral Iron and Postpartum Depression

RecruitingPhase 4Ages 18 Years - anyFemaleAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
💬

In plain words

What the trial is, and whether it could suit you

The objectif of the IRON-DEP Study is to assess the efficacy of intravenous (IV) versus oral iron treatment on the prevalence of postpartum depression (PPD) in women with moderate iron deficiency anemia after caesarean delivery.

Sign in to get the eligibility rules as simple questions to take to your doctor.

📋 Eligibility rules (as published)
Pre-inclusion criteria: * Age ≥18 years * Caesarean delivery (elective or in emergency) * Gestational age at delivery ≥ 32 weeks * 8.0 g/dL ≤ postoperative Hb level ≤ 10.0 g/dL measured within 72 hours postpartum * Informed consent form signed * Hospitalization in the postpartum maternity ward * National social security coverage including AME Inclusion criteria: * Ferritinemia ≤ 100 ng/mL OR transferrin saturation ≤ 20% measured after postoperative Hb level measurement * EPDS score in the immediate postpartum \<13 with a "never" answer to question n°10 Exclusion Criteria: * Stillbirth or neonatal death * Last body weight available before inclusion (measured at the end of pregnancy or in postpartum) \< 35kg or \> 100kg * Biermer disease * Hemochromatosis * Homozygous sickle cell disease or thalassemia * Chronic iron supplementation (outside pregnancy) * Known hypersensitivity or allergy to the studied drugs (IV or oral iron) * Contra-indication to the studied drugs (IV or oral iron) * Severe asthma (with daily background treatment) * Any known severe renal or liver disorder * Active acute infection * Diagnosis of schizophrenia or physical and intellectual state incompatible with a reliable self-evaluation * Women currently treated with medication or with Electro Convulsion Therapy (ECT) for depression or bipolar disorders * Participation in another clinical trial involving an intervention with the following risks: * A change (increase or decrease in value) in Haemoglobin measured at 2 months postpartum OR * A change in EPDS score measured at 2 and 6 months postpartum OR * A trial exploring an intervention with a specific anaphylactic risk (reported as a potential adverse events in the protocol of the other trial) administered during the postpartum hospitalization period. * Poor understanding of the French language * Legal protection (curatorship or tutorship)
💊

What it tests

  • Ferric carboxymaltose IV
  • TIMOFÉROL®
📍

Where

1 site
CHU Armand -Trousseau, AP-HP Service d'anesthésie-réanimation chirurgicale
Paris, France
🤝 Taking part is your choice, and you can leave at any time. Only the trial team can confirm you are eligible — always decide together with your own doctor.
🛡️

AI Cure shows public evidence (Open Targets, ClinicalTrials.gov, PubMed, openFDA, DepMap, AlphaFold) with its source, and AI summaries that cite it — not medical advice and not a cure. Treatment decisions belong with your doctor. Research ideas are shared only with approved researchers and labs, who can test them. In an emergency call your local emergency number (112 in India and Europe, 911 in the US). AI Cure Terms of Use · Privacy