Active clinical trials for "Vitamin D Deficiency"

Preterm newborns are born with lower vitamin D stores. Although vitamin D supplementation is recommended there is no consensus regarding the adequate dose of supplementation for preterm infants.

Vitamin D is a hormone with effects not only on the skeleton, but on most tissues in the body. Lack of vitamin D is associated with cardio-vascular disease (CVD), type 2 diabetes, cancer, infectious and immunological diseases, as well as risk factors for these diseases. However, intervention studies with vitamin D have been inconclusive regarding diseases and risk factors. This could be due to inclusion of subjects already vitamin D sufficient, and short and underpowered studies. In addition, there are indications that the dosing regimens may be important, so that daily doses with vitamin D are more efficient than intermittent doses, which so far have been generally used. This could be related to the concentration of circulating and thereby intracellular vitamin D concentrations, which probably is dependent on daily vitamin D doses. This will be tested in the present study where 60 subjects will be randomized to vitamin D 160 000 once, vitamin D 4000 IU/day, or placebo for four weeks. The primary endpoints will be effects on serum hepcidin and plasma cathelicidin after 4 weeks, with effects on serum PTH, RNA expression and microRNA in peripheral blood, telomerase activity in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and the ration between serum 1,25(OH)2D and 24,25(OH)2D as secondary endpoints.

Studies that give people vitamin D supplements to prevent caries have found that vitamin D is effective at preventing the development of caries. The aim of Study: To determine if there is a relationship between vitamin D deficiency and the development of Early Childhood Caries (ECC).

This intervention study will address the impact of vitamin D fortified milk and vitamin D supplements on the growth, levels of vitamin D, insulin-like growth factor 1, growth hormone, academic attention, respiratory infections, asthma, and flexural dermatitis (a proxy for eczema) of Mongolian children.

This study will evaluate the safety over 6 months of two different doses of vitamin D (cholecalciferol) in men and women age 65 and older. It will also evaluate if supplementation with vitamin D improves physical performance.

The purpose of this research study is to compare the effects of higher dose vitamin D with commonly recommended dose in pregnant women to see which is better in achieving and/or maintaining sufficient vitamin D blood levels during pregnancy and in newborn infants as well as improving growth in the infant.

Breastfed infants living in a northern location (41 degrees N) are at high risk of vitamin D deficiency during winter. This trial is designed to determine how much supplemental vitamin D breastfed infants need to receive in order to remain free of vitamin D deficiency

To determine the maintenance dose of vitamin D supplementation required for children with epilepsy to maintain normal vitamin D level.

Vitamin D deficiency is a commonly observed health problem in the world. With a role in many chronic diseases and especially lung diseases, the importance of vitamin D deficiency in anesthesia management is increased. This research aims to investigate whether there is a correlation between the respiratory complications occurring in patients under general anesthesia and preoperative vitamin D levels.

A longitudinal, double-blinded, randomized, trial, with a 10 month follow-up period will be conducted between July 2021 to May 2022