Prospective Study of Efficacy of Intra-muscular Vitamin D3 in Tropical Calcific Pancreatitis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the efficacy of 2 different doses of intramuscular (IM) vitamin D3 as compared to an oral replacement dose in normalizing vitamin D levels in the blood of patients with tropical calcific pancreatitis.

Timeline

Start

2009-07

Primary completion

2010-06

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Background Mann ST, Stracke H, Lange U, Klor HU, Teichmann J. Vitamin D3 in patients with various grades of chronic pancreatitis, according to morphological and functional criteria of the pancreas. Dig Dis Sci. 2003 Mar;48(3):533-8. doi: 10.1023/a:1022540816990.
• Background Barman KK, Premalatha G, Mohan V. Tropical chronic pancreatitis. Postgrad Med J. 2003 Nov;79(937):606-15. doi: 10.1136/pmj.79.937.606.
• Background Dujsikova H, Dite P, Tomandl J, Sevcikova A, Precechtelova M. Occurrence of metabolic osteopathy in patients with chronic pancreatitis. Pancreatology. 2008;8(6):583-6. doi: 10.1159/000159845. Epub 2008 Sep 29.
• Background Aris RM, Merkel PA, Bachrach LK, Borowitz DS, Boyle MP, Elkin SL, Guise TA, Hardin DS, Haworth CS, Holick MF, Joseph PM, O'Brien K, Tullis E, Watts NB, White TB. Guide to bone health and disease in cystic fibrosis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Mar;90(3):1888-96. doi: 10.1210/jc.2004-1629. Epub 2004 Dec 21.
• Background Boyle MP, Noschese ML, Watts SL, Davis ME, Stenner SE, Lechtzin N. Failure of high-dose ergocalciferol to correct vitamin D deficiency in adults with cystic fibrosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2005 Jul 15;172(2):212-7. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200403-387OC. Epub 2005 Apr 28.
• Background Green D, Carson K, Leonard A, Davis JE, Rosenstein B, Zeitlin P, Mogayzel P Jr. Current treatment recommendations for correcting vitamin D deficiency in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis are inadequate. J Pediatr. 2008 Oct;153(4):554-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2008.04.058. Epub 2008 Jun 27.
• Background Lark RK, Lester GE, Ontjes DA, Blackwood AD, Hollis BW, Hensler MM, Aris RM. Diminished and erratic absorption of ergocalciferol in adult cystic fibrosis patients. Am J Clin Nutr. 2001 Mar;73(3):602-6. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/73.3.602.
• Background Diamond TH, Ho KW, Rohl PG, Meerkin M. Annual intramuscular injection of a megadose of cholecalciferol for treatment of vitamin D deficiency: efficacy and safety data. Med J Aust. 2005 Jul 4;183(1):10-2. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06879.x.
• Background Vieth R. Vitamin D supplementation, 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations, and safety. Am J Clin Nutr. 1999 May;69(5):842-56. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/69.5.842.
• Reddy SV, Ramesh V, Bhatia E. Double blind randomized control study of intramuscular vitamin D3 supplementation in tropical calcific pancreatitis. Calcif Tissue Int. 2013 Jul;93(1):48-54. doi: 10.1007/s00223-013-9726-6. Epub 2013 Apr 6.

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