Hepcidin-guided screen-and-treat interventions for young children with iron-deficiency anaemia in The Gambia: an individually randomised, three-arm, double-blind, controlled, proof-of-concept, non-inferiority trial

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作者
Wegmuller, Rita [1 ,2 ]
Bah, Amat [1 ,3 ]
Kendall, Lindsay [1 ]
Goheen, Morgan M. [1 ,4 ]
Sanyang, Saikou [1 ]
Danso, Ebrima [1 ]
Sise, Ebrima A. [1 ]
Jallow, Amadou [1 ]
Verhoef, Hans [5 ]
Jallow, Momodou W. [1 ,6 ]
Wathuo, Miriam [1 ,7 ]
Armitage, Andrew E. [8 ]
Drakesmith, Hal [8 ]
Pasricha, Sant-Rayn [9 ]
Cross, James H. [1 ]
Cerami, Carla [1 ]
Prentice, Andrew M. [1 ]
机构
[1] London Sch Hyg & Trop Med, Med Res Council, Unit Gambia, Banjul, Gambia
[2] GroundWork, Flasch, Switzerland
[3] Natl Nutr Agcy, Bakau, Gambia
[4] Yale Univ, Dept Internal Med, New Haven, CT USA
[5] Wageningen Univ & Res, Wageningen, Netherlands
[6] Regeneron Genet Ctr, Tarrytown, NY USA
[7] One Acre Fund, Kigali, Rwanda
[8] Univ Oxford, John Radcliffe Hosp, Weatherall Inst Mol Med, Med Res Council,Human Immunol Unit, Oxford, England
[9] Walter & Eliza Hall Inst Med Res, Parkville, Vic, Australia
来源
LANCET GLOBAL HEALTH | 2023年 / 11卷 / 01期
基金
英国医学研究理事会;
关键词
FORTIFICATION; MALARIA; PREDICTOR; INFANTS;
D O I
10.1016/S2214-109X(22)00449-1
中图分类号
R1 [预防医学、卫生学];
学科分类号
1004 ; 120402 ;
摘要
Background Iron deficiency is the most prevalent nutritional disorder worldwide. Iron supplementation has modest efficacy, causes gastrointestinal side-effects that limit compliance, and has been associated with serious adverse outcomes in children across low-income settings. We aimed to compare two hepcidin-guided screen-and-treat regimens designed to reduce overall iron dosage by targeting its administration to periods when children were safe and ready to receive iron supplementation, with WHO's recommendation of universal iron supplementation. Methods We conducted an individually randomised, three-arm, double-blind, controlled, proof-of-concept, noninferiority trial in 12 rural communities across The Gambia. Eligible participants were children aged 6-23 months with anaemia. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1:1) to either the WHO recommended regimen of one sachet of multiple micronutrient powder (MMP) daily containing 12 center dot 0 mg iron as encapsulated ferrous fumarate (control group); to MMP with 12 center dot 0 mg per day iron for the next 7 days if plasma hepcidin concentration was less than 5 center dot 5 mu g/L, or to MMP without iron for the next 7 days if plasma hepcidin concentration was at least 5 center dot 5 mu g/L (12 mg screen-and-treat group); or to MMP with 6 center dot 0 mg per day iron for the next 7 days if plasma hepcidin concentration was less than 5 center dot 5 mu g/L, or to MMP without iron for the next 7 days if plasma hepcidin concentration was at least 5 center dot 5 mu g/L (6 mg screen-and-treat group). Randomisation was done by use of a permuted block design (block size of 9), with stratification by haemoglobin and age, using computer-generated numbers. Participants and the research team (except for the data manager) were masked to group allocation. The primary outcome was haemoglobin concentration, with a non-inferiority margin of -5 g/L. A per-protocol analysis, including only children who had consumed at least 90% of the supplements (ie, supplement intake on >= 75 days during the study), was done to assess non-inferiority of the primary outcome at day 84 using a one-sided t test adjusted for multiple comparisons. Safety was assessed by use of ex-vivo growth tests of Plasmodium falciparum in erythrocytes and three species of sentinel bacteria in plasma samples from participants. This trial is registered with the ISRCTN registry, ISRCTN07210906. Findings Between April 23, 2014, and Aug 7, 2015, we prescreened 783 children, of whom 407 were enrolled into the study: 135 were randomly assigned to the control group, 136 to the 12 mg screen-and-treat group, and 136 to the 6 mg screen-and-treat group. 345 (85%) children were included in the per-protocol population: 115 in the control group, 116 in the 12 mg screen-and-treat group, and 114 in the 6 mg screen-and-treat group. Directly observed adherence was high across all groups (control group 94 center dot 8%, 12 mg screen-and-treat group 95 center dot 3%, and 6 mg screen-and-treat group 95 center dot 0%). 82 days of iron supplementation increased mean haemoglobin concentration by 7 center dot 7 g/L (95% CI 3 center dot 2 to 12 center dot 2) in the control group. Both screen-and-treat regimens were significantly less efficacious at improving haemoglobin (-5 center dot 6 g/L [98 center dot 3% CI -9 center dot 9 to -1 center dot 3] in the 12 mg screen-and-treat group and -7 center dot 8 g/L [98 center dot 3% CI -12 center dot 2 to -3 center dot 5] in the 6 mg screen-and-treat group) and neither regimen met the preset non-inferiority margin of -5 g/L. The 12 mg screen-and-treat regimen reduced iron dosage to 6 center dot 1 mg per day and the 6 mg screen-and-treat regimen reduced dosage to 3 center dot 0 mg per day. 580 adverse events were observed in 316 participants, of which eight were serious adverse events requiring hospitalisation mainly due to diarrhoeal disease (one [1%] participant in the control group, three [2%] in the 12 mg screen-and-treat group, and four [3%] in the 6 mg screen-and-treat group). The most common causes of non-serious adverse events (n=572) were diarrhoea (145 events [25%]), upper respiratory tract infections (194 [34%]), lower respiratory tract infections (62 [11%]), and skin infections (122 [21%]). No adverse events were deemed to be related to the study interventions. Interpretation The hepcidin-guided screen-and-treat strategy to target iron administration succeeded in reducing overall iron dosage, but was considerably less efficacious at increasing haemoglobin and combating iron deficiency and anaemia than was WHO's standard of care, and showed no differences in morbidity or safety outcomes. Copyright (c) 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an Open Access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
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页码:E105 / E116
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