Vitamin D Levels in Children Undergoing Adenotonsillectomies and Controls

The University of Chicago

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tonsillitis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00829972

16687B

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators aim to evaluate the levels of serum Vitamin D in children having their tonsils removed and appropriate controls. The investigators hypothesize that children undergoing tonsil removal will have lower Vit D levels than accepted norms and when compared to controls. The investigators also hypothesize that Vitamin D deficiency will correlate with indicators of inflammation such as C-Reactive Protein (CRP) and tonsil size.

Enrollment: 60 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• children age 1-12 undergoing adenotonsillectomy (active) or elective surgery such as hernia repair (control)

Exclusion criteria

• children on systemic steroids or multivitamins containing vitamin D
• control subjects with: a history of snoring, recurrent tonsillitis or score equal to or higher than 5 on the OSA questionnaire.

Trial design

60 participants in 2 patient groups

1

Description:

children undergoing adenotonsillectomy

2

Description:

children undergoing elective procedures other than adenotonsillectomy