A Randomised, Controlled Comparison of Vitamin D Strategies is Acute Hip Fracture Patients

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine the best dose of Vitamin D to give to hip fracture patients to achieve the optimal therapeutic level.

Timeline

Start

2007-10

Primary completion

2009-07

Completion

2009-07

Publications

• Papaioannou A, Kennedy CC, Giangregorio L, Ioannidis G, Pritchard J, Hanley DA, Farrauto L, DeBeer J, Adachi JD. A randomized controlled trial of vitamin D dosing strategies after acute hip fracture: no advantage of loading doses over daily supplementation. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2011 Jun 20;12:135. doi: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-135.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.