Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT00536276
Evaluation of Vitamin D Status in Children With Acute Burns
Vitamin D Deficiency in Acutely Injured Pediatric Burn Patients: Incidence, Etiology, Metabolic Sequelae and Prevention
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 1
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 50 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Shriners Hospitals for Children · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 6 Months – 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
To see which vitamin D supplement (D2 vs D3) is most beneficial in burned children.
Detailed description
The purpose of this study is to follow up our descriptive observations with a prospective randomized double blinded study to verify our clinical perception that hypovitaminosis D is prevalent postburn and to evaluate whether therapeutic supplementation will enhance specific primary outcome measures during burn convalescence.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Vitamin D2 | Daily enteral dose of 100IU/kg |
| DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT | Vitamin D3 | Daily enteral dose of 100IU/kg |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2003-03-01
- Primary completion
- 2009-12-01
- Completion
- 2011-04-01
- First posted
- 2007-09-27
- Last updated
- 2012-05-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: United States
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00536276. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.