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ViDES Trial (Vitamin D Extra Supplementation)

United States180 participantsStarted 2022-09-06

Plain-language summary

The objective of the study is to compare supplementation with vitamin D at 800 IU/day to usual care for the first 28 days after birth with respect to 25 (OH) vitamin D levels and indicators of likely or plausible effects of vitamin D supplementation on the function or structure of the lung, bones, immune system, and brain in extremely premature (EP) infants who are \<28 weeks gestational age (GA) or \<1000 grams of birth weight (BW). The study results will be analyzed as intention to treat Bayesian analyses (Frequentist analyses will also be performed).

Who can participate

Age range24 Hours – 96 Hours

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Infants born at \< 28 weeks gestational age (GA) or \<1000 grams birth weight (BW) * Inborn * Informed written consent in an Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved manner Exclusion Criteria: * GA \>32 weeks regardless of birth weight (BW) * Any major congenital anomaly * A known congenital nonbacterial infection * Prenatal diagnosis of disorders that affect vitamin D absorption (e.g, cystic fibrosis) * Such severe illness or immaturity that the attending neonatologist judges intensive care to be unjustified.

What they're measuring

25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) level

Timeframe: about 28 days after birth

Trial details

NCT IDNCT05459298

SponsorThe University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2025-08-12

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