drugset / Trial / NCT02941185
Multi-dose Vitamin D Supplementation in Preterm Infants
RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelPrevention
Summary
Preterm newborns are born with lower vitamin D stores. Although vitamin D supplementation is recommended there is no consensus regarding the adequate dose of supplementation for preterm infants.
Timeline
- Start
- 2014-01
- Primary completion
- 2016-12
- Completion
- 2016-12
Publications
- Huey SL, Acharya N, Silver A, Sheni R, Yu EA, Pena-Rosas JP, Mehta S. Effects of oral vitamin D supplementation on linear growth and other health outcomes among children under five years of age. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2020 Dec 8;12(12):CD012875. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012875.pub2.
- Bozkurt O, Uras N, Sari FN, Atay FY, Sahin S, Alkan AD, Canpolat FE, Oguz SS. Multi-dose vitamin d supplementation in stable very preterm infants: Prospective randomized trial response to three different vitamin D supplementation doses. Early Hum Dev. 2017 Sep;112:54-59. doi: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2017.07.016. Epub 2017 Aug 2.
Drugs
| Evaluation | Drug | Modality | Dose | Route |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Vitamin D | Other / unclassified | 400 iu | Oral |
| Subject | Vitamin D | Other / unclassified | 800 iu | Oral |
| Subject | Vitamin D | Other / unclassified | 1000 iu | Oral |