Can vitamin d boost health in tiniest newborns?
NCT ID NCT05459298
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at whether giving extra vitamin D (800 IU daily) to extremely premature infants (born before 28 weeks or weighing under 1000 grams) improves their lung, bone, immune, and brain health. About 180 babies will receive either the extra vitamin D or usual care for the first 28 days after birth. The goal is to see if this simple supplement can help these fragile infants grow stronger.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 180 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Sep 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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24 to 96 hours
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
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.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, Texas, 77006, United States
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