Overview

Study of the Relationship Between Calcium Levels and Intact Parathyroid Hormone (iPTH) in Adults With Repaired or Palliated Conotruncal Cardiac Defects

Status:
Completed

Trial end date:
1969-12-31

Target enrollment:

Participant gender:

Summary

OBJECTIVES: I. Identify latent hypoparathyroidism in normocalcemic adult survivors with repaired conotruncal cardiac defects, by evaluating parathyroid gland secretory function after induced hypocalcemia. II. Determine the relationship of parathyroid hormone secretion to microdeletions in the same region of chromosome 22q11 as found in patients with DiGeorge anomaly.

Details

Lead Sponsor:

National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)

Collaborator:

Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago

Treatments:

Calcium
Calcium, Dietary
Citric Acid
Sodium Citrate