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The Association of Vitamin D Supplementation With the Outcome in Critically Ill Children

NCT04536831 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 96

Last updated 2020-09-03

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Summary

Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in critically ill adult and pediatric population that causes multiple adverse health outcomes including higher illness severity score, increased morbidity and mortality, multiple organ dysfunction, longer duration of Mechanical ventilation, longer duration of Oxygen therapy and increased length of stay (LOS) in PICU and hospital. Vitamin D deficiency is a modifiable risk factor that can be corrected with high dose of vitamin D supplementation to improve the clinical outcome.

This study is designed to determine whether random vitamin D supplementation within dose limits improves clinical outcomes in critically ill children.

Conditions

  • Critically Ill

Interventions

DRUG

Vitamin D

Vitamin D will be given to group A selected by Lottery method

DRUG

Normal saline

Vitamin D will be given to group B slected by Lottery method

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • King Edward Medical University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dr Mustahsin Khalil

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mustahsin khalil Ahmad, MBBS · KEMU Lahore

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Months
Max Age
10 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-08-29
Primary Completion
2020-02-25
Completion
2020-02-25

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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Drugs

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