Different Doses of Vitamin D and T Regulatory Cells in Preterm Infants

Summary

This study evaluate the effect of two different doses of vitamin D on T-regulatory cells in preterm infants. Half of the subjects receives 400 IU vitamin D and the other half receives 800 IU vitamin D.

Timeline

Start

2017-01-09

Primary completion

2017-12-11

Completion

2017-12-11

Publications

• Results 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.
• Results Zittermann A, Dembinski J, Stehle P. Low vitamin D status is associated with low cord blood levels of the immunosuppressive cytokine interleukin-10. Pediatr Allergy Immunol. 2004 Jun;15(3):242-6. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2004.00140.x.
• 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.
• Aly H, Mohsen L, Bhattacharjee I, Malash A, Atyia A, Elanwary S, El Hawary R. Vitamin D Supplementation and T Cell Regulation in Preterm Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 Nov;69(5):607-610. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000002448.

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