Status:
COMPLETED
Vitamin D Supplementation for Acute Bronchiolitis
Lead Sponsor:
Mansoura University
Conditions:
Bronchiolitis
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-24 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of oral vitamin D supplementation on the clinical course of acute bronchiolitis, and to investigate whether vitamin D deficiency among infants who requi...
Detailed Description
This is a double blind randomized controlled trial which was conducted on 60 infants who required hospital-based care for acute bronchiolitis. The patients were recruited in the period from October 20...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Infants aged 1-24 months of age, diagnosed clinically as acute bronchiolitis and presented with any of the following:
- Persistent resting oxygen saturation below 92% in room air.
- Marked tachypnea.
- Intercostal retractions indicating respiratory distress.
- Inability to maintain oral hydration.
- Parent unable to care for child at home.
Exclusion
- Infants with history of prematurity (\< 37 weeks), chronic cardiopulmonary disease, immunodeficiency, neuromuscular disease, and any other chronic medical condition.
- Patients receiving any micronutrient supplementation or therapies containing vitamin D for 4 weeks prior to the study period.
- Infants with previous episodes of wheezing or a physician's diagnosis of asthma.
- Patients with acute bronchiolitis having very severe clinical score.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
October 1 2016
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 1 2018
Estimated Enrollment :
60 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03799406
Start Date
October 1 2016
End Date
December 1 2018
Last Update
January 11 2019
Active Locations (1)
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Mansoura University Children's Hospital
Al Mansurah, Egypt