Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00204906
Correction of Vitamin D Inadequacy in Nursing Home Residents
Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Skeletal and Overall Health of Nursing Home Residents
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- N/A
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- —
- Sponsor
- University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Vitamin D inadequacy continues to be neglected in nursing home residents. We hypothesized that part of this neglect is due to absence of data documenting safe and effective ways to replete this inadequacy.
Detailed description
Vitamin D inadequacy continues to be neglected in nursing home residents. We hypothesized that part of this neglect is due to absence of data documenting safe and effective ways to replete this inadequacy. Subjects with low vitamin D concentrations are dosed with 50.000 IU three times a week for 25 hydroxy vitamin D, parathyroid hormone and bone turnover status. .
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | vitamin D supplementation |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2005-01-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-01-01
- First posted
- 2005-09-20
- Last updated
- 2015-10-05
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00204906. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.