The Effect of Vitamin D Therapy on Morbidity and Moratlity in Patients With SARS-CoV 2 Infection
Covid19, SARS-CoV Infection
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Covid19
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Elderly type II diabetes adult with age more than 60 years males and females having deficient serum vitamin D levels (less than 25 ng/ml).
Diabetes patients recruited to the control group were only included in the study if not known to have cholecalciferol supplementation within last 6 weeks. All elderly vitamin D deficient diabetes patients were diagnosed with COVID-19 when throat-swab specimens for SARS-CoV-2 PCR were positive.
Exclusion Criteria:
- patients with known history of renal stones, diagnosis of hypercalcemia with the past year, baseline serum total calcium more than 10mg/dl, established diagnosis associated with increase the risk of hypercalcemia (e.g. metastatic cancer, sarcoidosis, multiple myeloma, primary hyperparathyroidism), and current vitamin D supplementation
Moreover, other exclusion criteria included those with known malignancy, with organ transplant, and those with known chronic autoimmune diseases and lastly those on systemic steroid for any cause
Sites / Locations
- Cairo university hospitals
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Active Comparator
Placebo Comparator
Intervention(Vitamin D therapy
Placebo
40 patients with diabetes and vitamin D deficinecy that are Covid-19 positive. a single dose of Cholecaciferol will be administered
16 diabetic patients with vitamin D deficiancy and COVID-19 POSITIVE