title: Comparison of 1 alpha-OH-vitamin D3 and high doses of calcium carbonate for the control of hyperparathyroidism and hyperaluminemia in patients on maintenance dialysis.
abstract: 27 patients on hemodialysis (dialysate aluminium less than 0.7 mumol/l for 2 years, and 2 mumol/l before) whose plasma Ca and PO4 were adequately controlled for already 6 months by high doses of CaCO3 alone (mean +/- SD: 9 +/- 5 g/day), were randomly divided into 2 groups, a control group (c group) which was kept on the same treatment, and a group in which CaCO3 was reduced to 3 g/day but in which plasma Ca was kept normal due to 1 alpha-OH-vitamin D3 administration (1 microgram/day at the beginning, 0.3 microgram/day after 6 months; 1 alpha group) whereas plasma phosphate was kept below 6.0 mg/dl because of Al(OH)3 (2.7-5 g/day). Initially, the 2 groups were comparable as regards the plasma concentrations of total and ionized Ca, phosphate, alkaline phosphatases, medium and C-terminal parathyroid hormone (PTH) and aluminium, but the control group had lower plasma 25-OH-vitamin D (25-OHD.) After 6 months, the same difference in plasma 25-OHD was found with comparable plasma concentrations of total and ionized calcium as well as of medium and C-terminal PTH (beta error 1%). However, plasma concentration of phosphate and the plasma Ca phosphate product, as well as the plasma aluminium were higher in the 1 alpha group whereas their PCO3H- was lower. Although the alkaline phosphatase values were not significantly different between the 2 groups, they increased only in the control group because of 1 patient who developed a vitamin-D-deficient osteomalacia (plasma 25-OHD 3 ng/ml), which was subsequently cured by physiological doses of 25-OHD3. The incidence of transient hypercalcemia (15 vs. 21 episodes) and worsening of soft tissue calcifications (3 in each group) was the same in the 2 groups.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000535:Aluminum / Q000097:blood*; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000097:blood; D002119:Calcium Carbonate / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols / Q000097:blood / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D010710:Phosphates / Q000097:blood; D011897:Random Allocation; D006435:Renal Dialysis / Q000009:adverse effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014511:Uremia / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*
chemical_list: D006887:Hydroxycholecalciferols; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D010710:Phosphates; D000536:Aluminum Hydroxide; D000535:Aluminum; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D002119:Calcium Carbonate; D002118:Calcium; C008088:alfacalcidol