High-Dose Vitamin D Deficiency in Burn Injury

Use of High-Dose Vitamin D to Treat Vitamin D Deficiency Following Severe Burn Injury in Children I: A Pilot Study

Status

Withdrawn

Phases

Phase 3

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00591604

Acronym

VitaminD

Enrollment

Registered

2008-01-11

Start date

2007-02-28

Completion date

2009-03-31

Last updated

2012-11-15

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Conditions

Burn

Keywords

burn, vitamin D, nutrition, burn recovery

Brief summary

High dose Vitamin D (50,000IU) therapy may increase bone mineral density/bone mineral content after large burns.

Interventions

DRUGVitamin D

Vitamin D, 50,000IU,once weekly for 8 weeks, then every other week for 4 weeks

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

5 Years to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* 5+ yrs * Burn size 40% or greater * Patient can remain around Shriner Hospital for Children area for 16 weeks * Agree to take Vitamin D

Exclusion criteria

* Age less than 5yrs * Burn size less than 40% * Pre-existing bone disease or healing fractures * Underlying chronic disease-endocrine or cancer * Kidney failure

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Increase in overall bone health	12 weeks

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026