Status:

TERMINATED

Vitamin D Levels in Children With IBD

Lead Sponsor:

Boston Children's Hospital

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Crohn's and Colitis Foundation

Conditions:

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Crohn's Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-21 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Research has shown that children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease may have lower levels of vitamin D than healthy children, especially in the winter. Vitamin D is important for growing and maintaining ...

Detailed Description

Vitamin D is essential for bone mineralization. The prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency \[serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D concentration (25OHD) ≤ 20 ng/mL\] is high among adults with inflammatory bowel d...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Clinical diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease
  • serum 25OHD level ≤ 20 ng/mL (Treatment Trial)
  • serum 25OHD level \> 20 ng/mL (Maintenance Trial)

Exclusion

  • Patients unable to take medications by mouth, pregnant, with liver/kidney failure, receiving anticonvulsant medications (specifically, phenobarbital, carbamazepine and phenytoin, since they lead to increased vitamin D metabolism through hepatic induction of the cytochrome P450 (CYP450) hydroxylase enzymes), regularly attending a tanning salon (once weekly or more), currently being treated for hypovitaminosis D with therapeutic doses of vitamin D (\> 800 IU per day) and unwilling to discontinue this regimen.
  • patients on growth hormone, anabolic steroid hormones, calcitonin, bisphosphonates (Maintenance Trial only)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

134 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00621257

Start Date

January 1 2008

End Date

March 1 2011

Last Update

March 22 2017

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Children's Hospital, Boston

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115