Identifying Vitamin D Deficiency in Very Low Birth Weight Infant (VLBW) Infants Part 2



Status:Completed
Conditions:Obesity Weight Loss, Other Indications, Women's Studies, Gastrointestinal
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Other, Reproductive
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any
Updated:5/27/2013
Start Date:October 2011
End Date:December 2012
Contact:Betty Bivens
Email:bivensb@musc.edu
Phone:843 792-2401

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Identifying Vit D Deficiency in VLBW Infants Part 2


This study is to determine the amount of vitamin D required for a very low birth weight
infant to reach vitamin D sufficiency and achieve optimal calcium health and bone growth.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Any infant born at the Medical University of South Carolina <34 weeks gestation

- Less that 1500g at birth

- AGA

- Must be African American or Caucasian

- Each infant born of twin and triplet pregnancies will be eligible

Exclusion Criteria:

- Infants with major congenital anomalies or with hemolytic disease requiring exchange
transfusion

- Infants born small for-gestational-age (SGA) or large for-gestational-age (LGA)

- Maternal uncontrolled thyroid disease

- Maternal Parathyroid disease

- Infants of races other than African American or Caucasian
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Medical University of South Carolina
171 Ashley Avenue
Charleston, South Carolina 29425
843-792-1414
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