Long-term Use of Proton Pump Inhibitors May Cause Vitamin B12 Deficiency in the Institutionalized Elderly
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Conditions studied: Vitamin B12 Deficiency
In brief
This study was designed to determine whether elderly residents of long term care facilitated who had been taking proton pump inhibitors (PPI) for more than 12 months were more likely to have vitamin B12 deficiency than residents not taking PPI, and whether cyanocobalamin nasal spray improved these subjects' vitamin B12 status.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00843453
- Run by
- University of Delaware
- People needed
- 36
- Starts
- 2006-11-01
- Expected to finish
- 2008-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2009-07-23
Who can join
Age: 60 and older, up to 89. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- age 60-89 years
- PPI use for >12 months (PPI group)
- no PPI use for 30 days prior to arm 1
- long term care resident
You may not qualify if…
- pernicious anemia
- severe megaloblastic anemia
- free-living
- serum creatinine > 1.8 mg/dL
Where it is running
- Long View Nursing Home — Manchester, Maryland, United States
- Stella Maris Nursing Home — Timonium, Maryland, United States
- Long View Nursing Home — Manchester, Maryland, United States
- Stella Maris Nursing Home — Timonium, Maryland, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
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