Status:
UNKNOWN
Interventional Trial of Vitamin D Deficiency in the Patients of General Departments
Lead Sponsor:
Rambam Health Care Campus
Conditions:
Vitamin D Deficiency
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to examine the vitamin D state of elder patients in therapeutic departments and to compere the treatment during the hospitalization with the out-patient treatment.
Detailed Description
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- the patient was admitted to a general department of Rambam Medical Center for any reason from March to May 2008
- the patient is 65 years old or older
- the patient is in a good health, based on medical history, physical examination and laboratory screening evaluation.
Exclusion
- renal failure with creatinine level more then 1.3 mg/dL or nephritic syndrome.
- liver disease with transaminase rise three times from normal level.
- nephrolithiasis in the last fife years.
- primary hyperparathyroidism, hypoparathyroidism or pseudohypoparathyroidism.
- advanced cancer.
- chronic diarrhea or malabsorption.
- granulomatous disease (sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, lymphoma).
- patients, who are receiving barbiturates, rifampin, anticonvulsants.
- patients, who are receiving digitalis.
- patients, who are receiving glucocorticoids for more than two weeks during the study.
- advanced dementia.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
August 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
300 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00640237
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2008
Last Update
March 21 2008
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Rambam Health Care Campus
Haifa, Israel