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Iron-deficiency: full-pipeline trial registry
4 of 17 indexed Iron-deficiency trials are currently recruiting.
Corpus placement: #1,004 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.
17 US clinical trials · 4 currently recruiting · #1,004 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count
Iron-deficiency: 17 US clinical trials tracked, 4 recruiting.
Iron-deficiency is the subject of 17 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 4 of them currently open to new participants. 4 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 3 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is University of Illinois at Chicago, running 2 of these trials.
Enrollment posture brief
Registry condition iron-deficiency
OPEN 4 | RECR 24% | LATE 4 | EARLY 3 | RANK #1004 | SPON 2
Volume-matched condition peers
Nearest open-share peer: Cataract (24% recruiting · 85 trials)
Iron-deficiency lists 4 open slots (24% of 17 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →
Key findings
What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Iron-deficiency on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.
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Iron-deficiency is recruiting below its size-band peers.
4 of 17 indexed trials (23.5%) are open to enrollment, against a 46.5% average across 27,806 conditions with fewer than 20 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.
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Sponsorship of Iron-deficiency trials is spread across many organizations.
University of Illinois at Chicago accounts for 2 of 17 trials (11.8%). 14 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.
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Typical Iron-deficiency enrolment sits around 66 participants.
Median target enrolment is 66 among the 17 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 10 of those (58.8%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.
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Iron-deficiency research is mostly interventional.
14 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (82.4% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Open and recent trials
17 total, page 1 of 1
IRONICA: IRON Repletion In Heart Failure - A Comparison of Oral and IV Approaches
Syed Hamza Mufarrih
NCT07053475
Darbe Plus IV Iron to Decrease Transfusions While Maintaining Iron Sufficiency in Preterm Infants
University of Washington
NCT05340465
IntraVenous Iron in Kids With Iron Deficiency and Scoliosis Study
Columbia University
NCT07217873
Impact of Intravenous Iron Repletion On Mechanisms of Exercise InTolerance in HFpEF (IRONMET-HFpEF)
Massachusetts General Hospital
NCT04945707
Iron Replacement in Blood Donors
National Institutes of Health Clinical Center (CC)
NCT00327067
Prevention of Iron Deficiency in Breastfed Infants
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
NCT01444261
Iron Deficiency in Female State Fair Attendees
University of Minnesota
NCT03228173
Delayed Cord Clamping and Infant Brain Study
University of Rhode Island
NCT01620008
Neuroimaging of Donor Iron Deficient Study
Columbia University
NCT02990559
Probiotics in the Treatment of Iron Deficiency in Children With Restless Leg Syndrome
Children's Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota
NCT01617044
Impact of Ferric Citrate vs Ferrous Sulfate on Iron Parameters and Hemoglobin in Individuals With CKD and Iron Deficiency
University of Alabama at Birmingham
NCT02888171
Feasibility or Oral Lactoferrin to Prevent Iron Deficiency Anemia in Obese Pregnancy
University of Illinois at Chicago
NCT04810546
Effect of Vitamin C on Iron Absorption
Baylor College of Medicine
NCT00570895
A Randomized Placebo Controlled Pilot Study of Probiotic Supplementation in At-risk Pregnant Women
University of Illinois at Chicago
NCT03646487
Effect of Iron Supplements on the Growth of Enteric Pathogens
Iowa State University
NCT05762380
Improving the Iron Status of Athletes With Pre-, Pro- and Synbiotics
King's College
NCT06021171
Oral Iron Versus Oral Iron Plus a Web-based Behavioral Intervention in Young Children (IRONCHILD)
Baylor College of Medicine
NCT04371536
Phase Distribution
| Phase | Trial count |
|---|---|
| Phase 2 | 3 |
| Phase 3 | 1 |
| Phase 4 | 3 |
Top Sponsors
Named interventions
Most-linked intervention names on Iron-deficiency records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.
US sites by state
Facility locations filed on Iron-deficiency trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.
Related
What to do with this Iron-deficiency page
17 registered trials, 4 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.
- 4 Iron-deficiency trials are currently recruiting, check eligibility criteria before contacting a site. Browse recruiting trials
- University of Illinois at Chicago sponsors the most Iron-deficiency trials on record, review their full trial history before evaluating a specific study. See University of Illinois at Chicago's trials
- Bring the specific trial ID (NCT number) to your own doctor before enrolling, this page is a directory, not medical guidance. Read the trial-finding guide
Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.
Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Iron-deficiency condition card totals 17 registered trials; most-linked intervention Ferrous Sulfate; top US site state Texas. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.