Status:
COMPLETED
Effectiveness of Vitamin C Supplementation in Treatment of Rickets
Lead Sponsor:
Cairo University
Conditions:
Nutritional Rickets
Bone Turnover Rate Disorder
Eligibility:
All Genders
6-3 years
Phase:
PHASE2
PHASE3
Brief Summary
Effectiveness of therapeutic dose of vitamin C in infants and children with nutritional rickets as an adjuvant therapy with vitamin D and calcium The study is two armed Randomized Control Trial, to va...
Detailed Description
* Population of study \& disease condition The study will include 88 infants and children with nutritional rickets * Study setting: The patients will be recruited from out-patient clinic of Cairo Uni...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Clinical diagnosis:
- Nutritional rickets in infants or children between 6 months and 3 years.
- Normal liver and kidney functions.
- The parents must be compliant to the clinic visits and the treatment doses.
Exclusion
- Unwilling to participate in the study.
- Non nutritional causes of rickets as hypoparathyroidism, renal causes, chronic liver disease, and malabsorption.
- Children on vitamin C supplements above RDA.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2022
Estimated Enrollment :
88 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT05310760
Start Date
March 1 2022
End Date
December 31 2022
Last Update
March 8 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Cairo University Faculty of Medicine ,Abo elrish Hospital
Cairo, Egypt