Vitamin D Serum Concentrations & Supplementation in Children With Cerebral Palsy

N/ACompletedNCT01926808

Akron Children's Hospital115 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to try to correlate vitamin D dosing and dosing adjustment with Vitamin D levels, measure affects of seizure medications on levels as well as pathologic fractures and bone density in severely cognitively impaired, non-mobile children and adolescents with CP.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

115

Conditions

Vitamin D Deficiency

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMax age: 50 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Recorded vitamin D supplementation dose (i.e. prescribed diet and any additional sources of vitamin D) with at least two serum vitamin D concentrations recorded in the medical chart from January 1, 2008 to June 30, 2013. * Resident of HLCCD since 2008 Exclusion Criteria: * No vitamin D levels recorded. * History of hyperthyroidism or parathyroid pathology. * Short gut syndrome that requires TPN. * Poor medical documentation. * Heritable disorders that affect vitamin D levels such as Pseudovitamin D deficiency rickets, Vitamin D resistant rickets, autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets and X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in serum vitamin D concentrations

Time frame: 5 years

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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