A study of vitamin D supplementation in breast fed infant with vitamin D defficiency

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: breast-fed infant with vitamin D deficiency

• Registration Number: JPRN-jRCT1091220243
• Lead Sponsor: KAZUHIKO TOMIMOTO

Brief Summary

Some of the infants receiving 160 IU of vitamin D daily remained in a vitamin D-deficient condition, still leaving risk of rickets. The supplementation dose of vitamin D should be 400 IU daily. The infants who are almost exclusively breastfed, and also live in the regions at high latitudes or with few hours of daylight, should receive an additional 400 IU of vitamin D daily.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2016-02-04
• Study Completion: 2017-01-30
• Last Update Posted: 17 October 2023

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 90

Inclusion Criteria

3-4 month infant judged vitamin D deficiency that 25OHD was <20ng/ml

Exclusion Criteria

i)Underlying disease exist
ii)Mixed feeding(artificial milk more than 50ml/day)
iii)poor general condition(ex.fever,anorexia)
iv)Vitamin D supplementation in either of the mother or child
v)A vitamin D deficiency to need treatment (25OHD <20ng/ml,and a rickets change in an X ray or recognizible clinical manifestations of the rickets)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
serum 25OHD

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
serum Ca,P,ALP,PTH