Active clinical trials for "Vitamin D Deficiency"

The objective of this study is to determine the role of magnesium on bone and vitamin D metabolism in patients receiving anti-epileptic medications.

Atopic dermatitis is a chronic skin disease with pruritus as one of its main features. Because of the symptomatic nature of their condition, pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis may preferentially seek care in the subspecialty dermatology clinic while falling behind in visits to their primary care provider. This cross-sectional study in patients attending the Dermatology Clinic at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin will screen for common conditions associated with atopic dermatitis and subsequently treat or refer patients for appropriate care. The investigators hypothesize that Milwaukee County pediatric patients with atopic dermatitis will have a high prevalence of asthma needing treatment, missed immunizations requiring catch-up, and vitamin D deficiency necessitating replacement therapy.

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on thyroid autoimmunity, thyroid function, and other metabolic and clinical variables associated with the thyroid axis in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and vitamin D deficiency.

This study evaluates serum level of Vitamin D in Interstitial Lung Diseases in patients with Interstitial Lung Diseases other than connective tissue diseases associated-Interstitial Lung Diseases and effects of its supplementation. All patients will receive the standard regimen of treatment (corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs)and will be randomly assigned to either Group 1:who will receive Vitamin D supplementation (Interventional group)or Group 2:who will not receive Vitamin D supplementation(Control group).

Connective tissue disease (CTD) covers all heterogeneous and broad immunological diseases. These immunological diseases are characterized by inflammation, tissue damage, and abnormal repair. Disorders such as fibrotic tissue or loss of function are seen in the degeneration of the target organ. There is a complex relationship between genetic and environmental factors on the basis of these disorders. Vitamin D deficiency has been frequently observed in autoimmune diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, diabetes mellitus, and rheumatoid arthritis. Vitamin D deficiency is primarily seen with musculoskeletal complaints and is an early warning of osteomalacia. Muscle weakness is most common in the trunk, shoulders and hips. It is characterized by difficulty in climbing stairs, getting up from sitting or lying position, feeling of heaviness in the legs, duck-like gait, difficulty getting up from a chair, fatigue easily, inability to lift objects with arms and hands. Patients experience decreased exercise capacity as a result of pain and muscle weakness. In addition, vitamin D deficiency causes smooth muscle contraction and an increase in airway inflammation. As a result, it was observed that the disease course and symptoms were more severe in CVD patients with vitamin D deficiency. In a study conducted with rheumatoid arthritis patients, the quality of life, physical activity and depression levels of patients with vitamin D deficiency were compared with the control group. The evaluation parameters of rheumatoid arthritis patients were worse than the control group. Vitamin D levels were compared with sleep, anxiety and depression levels in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. A positive relationship was found between vitamin D deficiency and sleep disturbance level. It has been observed that the life expectancy of patients with connective tissue disease is significantly reduced compared to healthy ones. Exercise capacity and oxygen consumption decreased in these patients.

Vitamin D plays a key role in the regulation of calcium metabolism and bone physiology and also presents immunomodulatory effects. In contrast to healthy individuals, macrophages and synoviocytes synovium of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have receptors for vitamin D. In vitro, 1,25 Vitamin D inhibits T cell proliferation and cytokine synthesis and decreases pro-inflammatory process. There is an inverse relationship, at least in some epidemiological studies, between the circulating levels of 25OH vitamin D and the occurrence and / or activity of RA. The hypothesis of our study is that natural vitamin D supplementation in patients with RA and a vitamin D deficiency (vitamin D <30 ng / mL) improves functional disability.

While vitamin D supplementation is safe and effective in repleting vitamin D levels in dialysis patients, the impact on anemia is unknown. The majority of hemodialysis patients require erythropoietin supplementation to maintain their serum hemoglobin between 11 and 12 gm/dL, a drug that is both costly and associated with significant side effects. If repletion of vitamin D significantly decreases erythropoietin requirements in hemodialysis patients, it would result in a substantial reduction in patient care costs. Our aim is to study the impact of ergocalciferol supplementation in hemodialysis patients with 25-hydroxyvitamin D deficiency. The investigators anticipate approximately 30% reduction in erythropoietin dose requirement in our hemodialysis population.

The aim of this study is to confirm the difference in ovarian reserve markers and serum vitamine D levels between infertile indian, arabian and caucasian population.

The objective of this study is to assess the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic Hepatitis C compared to a matched control group of healthy individuals in the Sioux Falls area. It is the hypothesis of this study that vitamin D deficiency is more common in patients with chronic Hepatitis C compared to the healthy control group.

The investigators hypothesize that native vitamin D will have more variability in 25(OH)D dose response when compared to a given equipotent dose of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3. This will be a single blind, active control, pharmacokinetic study of 625 μg 25(OH)D given orally or 2500 μg native vitamin D given orally.