High-Dose Vitamin D Deficiency in Burn Injury

• Status: Withdrawn
• Trial end date: 2009-03-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

High dose Vitamin D (50,000IU) therapy may increase bone mineral density/bone mineral content after large burns.

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston
• Treatments: Ergocalciferols; Vitamin D; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• 5+ yrs

• Burn size 40% or greater

• Patient can remain around Shriner Hospital for Children area for 16 weeks

• Agree to take Vitamin D

Exclusion Criteria:

• Age less than 5yrs

• Burn size less than 40%

• Pre-existing bone disease or healing fractures

• Underlying chronic disease-endocrine or cancer

• Kidney failure