Replenishment of Vitamin D in Hip fractured Patients (REVITAHIP) Trial
- Conditions
- Hip FractureHypovitaminosis DRehabilitationMusculoskeletal - OsteoporosisInjuries and Accidents - FracturesPhysical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12610000392066
- Lead Sponsor
- orthern Sydney Central Coast Area Health Service, Gosford Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 450
1. Adults (aged 65 or over) presenting with a hip fracture requiring surgical treatment 2. Able to provide informed consent, either directly or via the person responsible” 3. Willingness to participate in and comply with the study 4. Deemed suitable by treating medical team for consent 5. Able to take loading dose by 7 days after operation
1. Unable to read, speak or write English language (and interpreter not available) 2. Bed-bound prior to fracture, or life expectancy deemed less than 1 month (by the treating clinical staff) 3. Hypercalcaemia (serum calcium, >2.65mmol/L). 4. History of renal stones 5. Thyrotoxicosis 6. Paget’s disease 7. Malignancy (except skin cancer) and associated pathological fractures 8. Significant renal impairment (serum creatinine, >0.15mmol/L) 9. Liver disease (alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase level >2 times the upper limit of the normal range); 10. Existing treatment with calcitriol or vitamin D2 > than 1000IU daily.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
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