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CTRI Number  CTRI/2025/09/094013 [Registered on: 01/09/2025] Trial Registered Prospectively
Last Modified On: 31/08/2025
Post Graduate Thesis  Yes 
Type of Trial  Interventional 
Type of Study   Drug 
Study Design  Single Arm Study 
Public Title of Study   Effect of High-Dose Vitamin D on Calcium in Urine of Children Under 5 with Rickets" 
Scientific Title of Study   Urinary calcium excretion after depot oral cholecalciferol in under five children with nutritional rickets. 
Trial Acronym  Nil 
Secondary IDs if Any  
Secondary ID  Identifier 
NIL  NIL 
 
Details of Principal Investigator or overall Trial Coordinator (multi-center study)  
Name  Muskan Verma 
Designation  Post Graduate  
Affiliation  Maulana Azad Medical College  
Address  Department of Paediatrics Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital New

Central
DELHI
110002
India 
Phone  9310414050  
Fax    
Email  muskanverma.v@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Scientific Query
 
Name  Aashima Dabas  
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Maulana Azad Medical College  
Address  Department of Paediatrics Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital

Central
DELHI
110002
India 
Phone  9968604424  
Fax    
Email  dr.aashimagupta@gmail.com  
 
Details of Contact Person
Public Query
 
Name  Aashima Dabas 
Designation  Professor 
Affiliation  Maulana Azad Medical College  
Address  Department of Paediatrics Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital

Central
DELHI
110002
India 
Phone  9968604424  
Fax    
Email  dr.aashimagupta@gmail.com  
 
Source of Monetary or Material Support  
Department of Paediatrics, Maulana Azad Medical College,2-Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110002 
 
Primary Sponsor  
Name  Department of Paediatrics 
Address  Maulana Azad Medical College 2-Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg, New Delhi - 110002 
Type of Sponsor  Government medical college 
 
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 
Muskan Verma   Lok Nayak Hospital   Pediatrics OPD Fifth Floor, OPD Building Maulana Azad Medical college and Associated Lok Nayak Hospital. New Delhi DELHI
Central
DELHI 
9310414050

muskanverma.v@gmail.com 
 
Details of Ethics Committee  
No of Ethics Committees= 1  
Name of Committee  Approval Status 
Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated Hospitals(Lok Nayak, GB Pant Institute Post Graduate Medical Education (GIPMER) and Research hospital, Guru nanak Eye Centre, New Delhi-110002  Approved 
 
Regulatory Clearance Status from DCGI  
Status 
Not Applicable 
 
Health Condition / Problems Studied  
Health Type  Condition 
Patients  (1) ICD-10 Condition: E550||Rickets, active,  
 
Intervention / Comparator Agent  
Type  Name  Details 
Intervention  Depot Oral cholecalciferol   Depot dose of 60000 IU oral cholecalciferol fortnightly (after every 2 weeks) for 5 doses in older children till 8 weeks and 3 doses fortnightly in infants till 4 weeks. 
Comparator Agent  Nil   Nil 
 
Inclusion Criteria  
Age From  3.00 Month(s)
Age To  5.00 Year(s)
Gender  Both 
Details  Children aged 3 to 59 months
Born at term more than equal to 37 weeks of gestation).
Clinical features of rickets (skeletal or extraskeletal) with serum 25 hydroxy vitamin D less than 20 ng/mL 
 
ExclusionCriteria 
Details  Chronic Kidney Disease , tubulopathies, or known kidney disorders

Non Nutritional Rickets, such as rickets due to genetic disorders (e.g., hypophosphatemic rickets) or secondary to other metabolic conditions.

Any chronic Illness that may affect calcium or vitamin D metabolism, such as liver disease, malabsorption syndromes, or parathyroid disorders.

Use of Medications known to interfere with calcium or vitamin D metabolism (e.g., corticosteroids, anticonvulsants, glucocorticoids) in last three months. 
 
Method of Generating Random Sequence   Not Applicable 
Method of Concealment   Not Applicable 
Blinding/Masking   Not Applicable 
Primary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
Change in Mean Urinary calcium: creatinine excretion in children following depot dose of oral cholecalciferol  At baseline and 2 weeks 
 
Secondary Outcome  
Outcome  TimePoints 
1 Association of urine calcium excretion with baseline serum calcium & 25 hydroxy vitamin D levels, dietary calcium intake, renal function
2 Resolution of hypercalciuria in children with raised urinary calcium
3To evaluate the effect of cumulative cholecalciferol doses on urine calcium
excretion. 
baseline 2 weeks & 12 weeks 
 
Target Sample Size   Total Sample Size="40"
Sample Size from India="40" 
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)   11/09/2025 
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="1"
Months="0"
Days="0" 
Recruitment Status of Trial (Global)   Not Yet Recruiting 
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 - YES
  1. What data in particular will be shared?
    Response - All of the individual participant data collected during the trial, after de-identification.

  2. What additional supporting information will be shared?
    Response -  Study Protocol
    Response - Informed Consent Form

  3. Who will be able to view these files?
    Response - Anyone

  4. For what types of analyses will this data be available?
    Response - Any purpose.

  5. By what mechanism will data be made available?
    Response - Data are available indefinitely at (Link to be included muskanverma.v@gmail.com).

  6. For how long will this data be available start date provided 25-08-2026 and end date provided 25-08-2030?
    Response - Beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication.

  7. Any URL or additional information regarding plan/policy for sharing IPD? 
    Additional Information - Nil
Brief Summary   This study is a single arm interventional study aimed at finding Urinary Calcium Excretion after Depot Oral Cholecalciferol in Under Five Children with Nutritional Rickets. Study will be conducted in Paediatric OPD/ward at Maulana Azad Medical College and associated Lok Nayak Hospital, Delhi.
Primary outcome is Change in Mean Urinary calcium: creatinine excretion in children following depot dose  of oral cholecalciferol.
Secondary outcome is Association of urine calcium excretion with baseline serum calcium and 25(OH)D levels, dietary calcium intake, renal function
Resolution of hypercalciuria in children with raised urinary calcium
Cumulative vitamin D doses and urine calcium excretion.
 
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