Status:

COMPLETED

Effectiveness of Vitamin C Supplementation in Treatment of Rickets

Lead Sponsor:

Cairo University

Conditions:

Nutritional Rickets

Bone Turnover Rate Disorder

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-3 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Effectiveness of therapeutic dose of vitamin C in infants and children with nutritional rickets as an adjuvant therapy with vitamin D and calcium The study is two armed Randomized Control Trial, to va...

Detailed Description

* Population of study \& disease condition The study will include 88 infants and children with nutritional rickets * Study setting: The patients will be recruited from out-patient clinic of Cairo Uni...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Clinical diagnosis:
  • Nutritional rickets in infants or children between 6 months and 3 years.
  • Normal liver and kidney functions.
  • The parents must be compliant to the clinic visits and the treatment doses.

Exclusion

  • Unwilling to participate in the study.
  • Non nutritional causes of rickets as hypoparathyroidism, renal causes, chronic liver disease, and malabsorption.
  • Children on vitamin C supplements above RDA.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2022

Estimated Enrollment :

88 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05310760

Start Date

March 1 2022

End Date

December 31 2022

Last Update

March 8 2023

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Cairo University Faculty of Medicine ,Abo elrish Hospital

Cairo, Egypt