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CTRI Number  CTRI/2024/07/070094 [Registered on: 05/07/2024] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 21/06/2024
Post Graduate Thesis  No 
Type of Trial  Observational 
Type of Study   Follow Up Study 
Study Design  Other 
Public Title of Study   Relation of Vitamin D and Magnesium deficiency with Primary headaches in children 
Scientific Title of Study   A study on the relation between headache severity with Serum Vitamin D and Magnesium levels in children with Recurrent Primary headache 
Trial Acronym  NIL 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Kapil Jetha 
Designation  Associate professor 
Affiliation  AIIMS Rajkot 
Address  Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS Rajkot

Rajkot
GUJARAT
360110
India 
Phone  9828179406  
Fax    
Email  drjethaaiimsrajkot@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Kapil Jetha 
Designation  Associate professor 
Affiliation  AIIMS Rajkot 
Address  Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS Rajkot

Rajkot
GUJARAT
360110
India 
Phone  9828179406  
Fax    
Email  drjethaaiimsrajkot@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Kapil Jetha 
Designation  Associate professor 
Affiliation  AIIMS Rajkot 
Address  Department of Pediatrics, AIIMS Rajkot

Rajkot
GUJARAT
360110
India 
Phone  9828179406  
Fax    
Email  drjethaaiimsrajkot@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
INTRAMURAL FUNDED,INSTITUTIONAL FUND, FUNDING INSTITUTE - AIIMS RAJKOT, VILLAGE KHANDERIYA, PARAPIPALIYA. RAJKOT, GUJARAT, INDIA. PIN: 360110  
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  AIIMS Rajkot 
Address  Anand par, Rajkot - 360110 
Type of Sponsor  Research institution and hospital 
 
Details of Secondary Sponsor  
Name  Address 
NIL  NIL 
 
Countries of Recruitment     India  
Sites of Study  
No of Sites = 1  
Name of Principal Investigator  Name of Site  Site Address  Phone/Fax/Email 
Dr Kapil Jetha  AIIMS Rajkot  Department of Pediatrics, OPD block, Room no 210
Rajkot
GUJARAT 
9828179406

drjethaaiimsrajkot@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
IEC AIIMS RAJKOT  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: R51||Headache,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  NA  NA 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  6.00 Year(s)
Age To  18.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  1. Children with 6-18yrs of age
2. Complaining of headache and in evaluation found to be primary headaches 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  1. Underlying structural malformation
2. CNS infection
3. Received steroids for more than 3 weeks in past 6 months
4. Known rickets or Vit D deficiency
5. Chronic renal failure
6. Chronic liver disease 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
To find the relationship between severity of different primary headache with serum Vitamin D and magnesium level  Monthly follow up for 6 months 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
NA  NA 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="137"
Sample Size from India="137" 
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (Total)= "Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials"
Final Enrollment numbers achieved (India)="Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials" 
Phase of Trial   N/A 
Date of First Enrollment (India)   15/07/2024 
Date of Study Completion (India) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Date of First Enrollment (Global)  Date Missing 
Date of Study Completion (Global) Applicable only for Completed/Terminated trials 
Estimated Duration of Trial   Years="2"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Applicable 
Recruitment Status of Trial (India)  Not Yet Recruiting 
Publication Details   N/A 
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement

Will individual participant data (IPD) be shared publicly (including data dictionaries)?  

Response - NO
Brief Summary  
  1. Headaches are a very common and disabling problem for children and adolescents, affecting their daily activities and overall well-being. Among the various types of headaches, primary headaches are the most prevalent in the pediatric population. Nearly 60% of children and adolescents complains of significant headache, and 7.7% to 9.1% have migraine1. In school aged children, 10-20% have primary headaches2. Primary headaches are characterised by recurrent head pain without an underlying medical condition as the cause. According to International Classification of Headache  Disorders 3 (ICHD 3)3, Migraine, Tension type headache (TTH) are the common types of primary headaches in children. Others include Trigeminal autonomic cephalgias and other primary headaches. Primary headaches in children can significantly impact their quality of life, but with proper management and support, most children can experience relief and go on to lead healthy, active lives. Vitamin D, magnesium and other nutraceuticals have an potential relationship with primary headaches in children and are being the subject of some research and clinical interest4,5. While the exact mechanisms are not fully understood, there is evidence to suggest that vitamin D and Magnesium may play a role in both the development and management of primary headaches, including migraines. The hypotheses for Vitamin D deficiency causing headaches include6; a) Activation of 1a-hydroxylase increases the level of  calcitriol, which inhibits iNOS expression and reduces NO production. Deficiency causes inflammation via increased iNOS6,7 b) Vitamin D deficiency will lead to hypocalcemia and thus may cause neuronal hyper excitability8. c) Vitamin D, via tyrosine hydroxylase, has an effect on the synthesis of serotonin. So, deficiency  causes depression (important for migraine and tension type  headache (TTD))6. d) The presence of VDRs in the  hypothalamus which is a region for migraine pain sensation9 can  support the hypothesis of vitamin D contribution in migraine. TaqI  and FokI gene polymorphisms are associated with migraine  without aura10. e) Calcitriol inhibits matrix metalloproteinases (MMP-9) in humans; deficiency will lead to endothelial dysfunction11. f) Vitamin D inhibits some intracellular signal pathway activities. Deficiency causes inflammation  in conditions involving extravascular inflammatory pain like  migraine12 and (g)Vitamin D deficiency causes hypomagnesemia and chronic pain (important for TTD)9. Magnesium ions Mg2+ control the function of the voltage-gated membrane ion   channel for Ca2+, Na+, K+ and are universal natural stabilisers (antagonists) for all subtypes of   NMDA-receptors — inotropic glutamate receptors that selectively link NMDA   (N-methyl-D-aspartate) — and thus are crucial for pain syndrome formation and chronization5.  Mg2+ blocks ionic channels of the NMDA receptors and thus prevents excessive leakage of Ca2+  into cells; this prevents excitoxicity development. Mg2+ reduction in the brain and/or peripheral nerves identified in people with headache leads to a Ca2+/Mg2+ ratio increase, and consequently to hyper excitability of cells and tissue. When Mg2+ is deficient, glutamate receptors are stimulated, the flow of Ca2+ ions into neurons increases, and excitoxicity may develop13. Cellular Mg2+ deficiency also activates the Ca2+-dependent   inflammatory cascade with uncontrollable production of the P substance and nitrogen oxide (II)   which leads to cerebrovascular spasms, thrombocyte aggregation increase, intensification of the   vasoactive action of serotonin, and weakens the impact of the prostacyclin-mediated relaxation   of the soft vascular muscles5. Disappointingly, most of the literature available is from adult studies. So the current study is planned to find out association between serum levels of Vitamin D and Magnesium in children with recurrent primary headaches.
 
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