Vitamin D Serum Concentrations & Supplementation in Children With Cerebral Palsy
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to try to correlate vitamin D dosing and dosing adjustment with Vitamin D levels, measure affects of seizure medications on levels as well as pathologic fractures and bone density in severely cognitively impaired, non-mobile children and adolescents with CP.
Condition or Disease | Intervention/Treatment | Phase |
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Study Design
Arms and Interventions
Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
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Vitamin D supplementation
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Change in serum vitamin D concentrations [5 years]
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Recorded vitamin D supplementation dose (i.e. prescribed diet and any additional sources of vitamin D) with at least two serum vitamin D concentrations recorded in the medical chart from January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2013.
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Resident of HLCCD since 2008
Exclusion Criteria:
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No vitamin D levels recorded.
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History of hyperthyroidism or parathyroid pathology.
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Short gut syndrome that requires TPN.
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Poor medical documentation.
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Heritable disorders that affect vitamin D levels such as Pseudovitamin D deficiency rickets, Vitamin D resistant rickets, autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets and X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets
Contacts and Locations
Locations
No locations specified.Sponsors and Collaborators
- Akron Children's Hospital
Investigators
None specified.Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- Longitudinal Vitamin D