Identifying Vitamin D Deficiency in Very Low Birth Weight Infant (VLBW) Infants Part 2

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Calcium Deficiency, Vitamin D Deficiency

In brief

This study is to determine the amount of vitamin D required for a very low birth weight infant to reach vitamin D sufficiency and achieve optimal calcium health and bone growth.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01363167

Run by

Medical University of South Carolina

People needed

68

Starts

2011-10-01

Expected to finish

2013-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-11-24

Who can join

Age: 0 and older, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any infant born at the Medical University of South Carolina <34 weeks gestation
• Less that 1500g at birth
• AGA
• Must be African American or Caucasian
• Each infant born of twin and triplet pregnancies will be eligible

You may not qualify if…

• Infants with major congenital anomalies or with hemolytic disease requiring exchange transfusion
• Infants born small for-gestational-age (SGA) or large for-gestational-age (LGA)
• Maternal uncontrolled thyroid disease
• Maternal Parathyroid disease
• Infants of races other than African American or Caucasian

Where it is running

• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States
• Medical University of South Carolina — Charleston, South Carolina, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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