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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

TypeNameDescription
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTvitamin 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.