Changes in Serum Vitamin D Level After Different Loading Doses of Cholecalciferol

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-10-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

it is a clinical trial to observe increase in serum vitamin D level and clinical symptoms after 3 different doses of cholecalciferol given either intramuscularly or oral.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh
• Treatments: Cholecalciferol; Vitamin D; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• hypovitaminosis D (serum 25 OH D < 20 ng/ml)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Chronic disease causing Vitamin D deficiency like CKD, nephrotic syndrome, liver disease, hyperparathyroidism, history of skin graft, malabsorption, hyperthyroidism, drugs like anticonvulsants, glucocorticoids, HAART Current pregnancy Lactose intolerance Previously treated with bolus Vitamin D supplementation within previous three months