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Study to Assess the Use of a Simple Lab Test to Screen for Rickets in Children

NCT00502866 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 246

Last updated 2014-01-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Some experts recommend that all breastfed babies receive supplemental vitamin D. The purpose of this study is to determine the rate of vitamin D use in breastfed babies, the recommendations of pediatricians regarding vitamin D, and the impact on these recommendations on parental choice of vitamin D. In addition, in preparation for a large study to see how many breastfed children who don't receive supplemental vitamin D have rickets, in this study we will determine if a simple blood test, an alkaline phosphatase level, could be used to screen for rickets. Parents of children 6-23 months old are eligible to complete feeding surveys and children 6-15 months old who were breastfed for at least the first six months of life and didn't routinely receive vitamin D are eligible for alkaline phosphatase levels. We postulate that most breastfed babies don't receive supplemental vitamin D, and that alkaline phosphatase levels will only be abnormal in a few babies who will have evidence on x-ray of rickets.

Conditions

  • Rickets

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • James A Taylor, MD · University of Washington

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
15 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-06-30
Completion
2008-06-30

Countries

  • United States

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