The Association of Vitamin D Supplementation With the Outcome in Critically Ill Children

NCT ID: NCT04536831

Last Updated: 2020-09-03

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

96 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-08-29

Study Completion Date

2020-02-25

Brief Summary

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Vitamin D deficiency is highly prevalent in critically ill adult and pediatric population that causes multiple adverse health outcomes including higher illness severity score, increased morbidity and mortality, multiple organ dysfunction, longer duration of Mechanical ventilation, longer duration of Oxygen therapy and increased length of stay (LOS) in PICU and hospital. Vitamin D deficiency is a modifiable risk factor that can be corrected with high dose of vitamin D supplementation to improve the clinical outcome.

This study is designed to determine whether random vitamin D supplementation within dose limits improves clinical outcomes in critically ill children.

Detailed Description

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Vitamin D is known for its role in bone metabolism and calcium haemostasis but it is also required for the optimal functioning of cardiovascular and innate immune systems.

As a pleiotropic hormone it has been increasingly implicated in proper functioning of multiple organs; its deficiency is associated with cardiovascular diseases, asthma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, diabetes and acute lower respiratory tract infections. Over one billion people are vitamin D deficient worldwide and in Pakistani population vitamin D deficiency is reported as high as 76% despite abundant sunshine.

Beside of ambulatory individuals, the patients presenting in intensive care units are also found Vitamin D deficient. In adult intensive care settings studies have shown vitamin D deficiency (VDD) present in 60% of critically ill adult patients.VDD is also very common in pediatric intensive care units (PICU) worldwide, ranging from 30 to 80%.

Although there is high prevalence of VDD in pediatric and adult population, but there is no uniform definition of VDD exists. Levels of active metabolite 1,25(OH)2D of Vitamin D at tissue level cannot be measured, however, patient's blood level of 25-hydroxy vitamin D is used to know vitamin D stores in the body. Patient with serum vitamin D level\<20ng/ml is considered to be vitamin D deficient.

VDD is associated with clinically poor outcomes like increased duration of mechanical ventilation, increased length of hospital stay, Sepsis, Acute respiratory failure and mortality in critically ill patients.

The existing evidences suggest that Vitamin D3 supplementation enhances recovery from influenza, recurrent pneumonias and tuberculosis. Recently, an observational study of adult patients suggested that patients with VDD showed decrease in the odds of all cause-mortality when their Vitamin D status was improved before hospitalization.

A randomized study demonstrated that one time bolus dose of oral vitamin D supplementation caused decrease in mortality in a group of patients with severe VDD.

A significant literature is available that suggests vitamin D deficiency as a modifiable risk factor in PICU settings. The recognized importance of vitamin D to the health of multiple organ systems suggest that rapid normalization could represent a simple, inexpensive, and safe means of improving outcomes and reducing health care spending.

This study is designed to supplement large dose of vitamin D that may lead to fast correction of low vitamin D level in critically ill children and possibility of better clinical outcome. If such an association is established by this study, routine detection and use of Vitamin D might be recommended for critically ill children admitted to PICU.

Conditions

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Critically Ill

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

FACTORIAL

Primary Study Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Participants

Study Groups

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Vitamin D group

Consisted of 48 patients selected on admission via lottery method those will be given Vitamin D mega dose

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Vitamin D

Intervention Type DRUG

Vitamin D will be given to group A selected by Lottery method

Normal Saline group

Consisted of 48 patients selected on admission via lottery method those will be given Normal saline

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Normal saline

Intervention Type DRUG

Vitamin D will be given to group B slected by Lottery method

Interventions

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Vitamin D

Vitamin D will be given to group A selected by Lottery method

Intervention Type DRUG

Normal saline

Vitamin D will be given to group B slected by Lottery method

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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vitamin D3

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

• Children of age 6 months to 10 years, either gender admitted in ICU for critical illness (on medical record) with PIM-2 score suggesting probability of mortality more than 50%.

Exclusion Criteria

* Children with known adrenal, pituitary, hypothalamic or thyroid disease.
* Those who have complex congenital defects.
* Moribund at time of admission.
* Those who were expected to be care withdrawn.
* Patients who had received large dose regimen (200,000 IU or more) of vitamin D during the previous three months before admission.
Minimum Eligible Age

6 Months

Maximum Eligible Age

10 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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King Edward Medical University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Dr Mustahsin Khalil

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Mustahsin Khalil

Post graduate Trainee

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mustahsin khalil Ahmad, MBBS

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

KEMU Lahore

Locations

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King Edward Medical University Lahore

Lahore, Punjab Province, Pakistan

Site Status

Countries

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Pakistan

References

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Other Identifiers

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MKA1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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