High-dose vitamin D3 in the treatment of severe acute malnutrition: a multicenter double-blind randomized controlled trial.
Am J Clin Nutr
; 107(5): 725-733, 2018 05 01.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Vitamin D deficiency is common in children with severe acute malnutrition, in whom it is associated with severe wasting. Ready-to-use therapeutic food (the standard treatment) contains modest amounts of vitamin D that do not reliably correct deficiency.Objective:
The aim of this study was to determine whether high-dose oral vitamin D3 enhances weight gain and development in children with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition.Design:
We conducted a randomized placebo-controlled trial of high-dose vitamin D3 supplementation in children aged 6-58 mo with uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in Pakistan. Participants were randomly assigned to receive 2 oral doses of 200,000 IU vitamin D3 or placebo at 2 and 4 wk after starting ready-to-use therapeutic food. The primary outcome was the proportion of participants gaining >15% of baseline weight at 8 wk after starting ready-to-use therapeutic food (the end of the study). Secondary outcomes were mean weight-for-height or -length z score and the proportion of participants with delayed development at the end of the study (assessed with the Denver Development Screening Tool II), adjusted for baseline values.Results:
Of the 194 randomly assigned children who started the study, 185 completed the follow-up and were included in the analysis (93 assigned to intervention, 92 to control). High-dose vitamin D3 did not influence the proportion of children gaining >15% of baseline weight at the end of the study (RR 1.04; 95% CI 0.94,1.15, P = 0.47), but it did increase the weight-for-height or -length z score (adjusted mean difference 1.07; 95% CI 0.49,1.65, P < 0.001) and reduce the proportion of participants with delayed global development [adjusted RR (aRR) 0.49; 95% CI 0.31, 0.77, P = 0.002], delayed gross motor development (aRR 0.29; 95% CI 0.13, 0.64, P = 0.002), delayed fine motor development (aRR 0.59; 95% CI 0.38, 0.91, P = 0.018), and delayed language development (aRR 0.57; 95% CI 0.34, 0.96, P = 0.036).Conclusions:
High-dose vitamin D3 improved the mean weight-for-height or -length z score and developmental indexes in children receiving standard therapy for uncomplicated severe acute malnutrition in Pakistan. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT03170479.
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Assunto principal:
Transtornos da Nutrição Infantil
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Transtornos da Nutrição do Lactente
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Colecalciferol
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Infant
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Am J Clin Nutr
Ano de publicação:
2018
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Article