Overview

Efficacy and Safety of Vitamin A Treatment for Children With Sepsis

Status:
Not yet recruiting

Trial end date:
2024-05-31

Target enrollment:
0

Participant gender:
All

Summary

The prevalence of vitamin A deficiency was found high in children with sepsis. Whether those patients will benefit from the vitamin A supplementation is unknown.

Phase:

N/A

Accepts Healthy Volunteers?

Details

Lead Sponsor:

West China Hospital

Treatments:

Retinol palmitate
Vitamin A
Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. age < 18 years,

2. Expected to stay in the ICU for 48 hours or more,

3. Vitamin A deficiency (VA < 0.2 mg/L)

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Severely impaired gastrointestinal function

2. Premature infants and low birth weight (LBW) infants

3. Condition of underlying organ dysfunction

4. Having received chemotherapy or radiotherapy

5. Hematological malignancies

6. Primary or acquired immunodeficiency