title: Effects of 25-OHD3 on renal function in pediatric patients with chronic renal failure.
abstract: 19 nondialyzed pediatric patients with chronic renal failure and renal osteodystrophy participated in a 4- year prospective trial of the effects of 25-hydroxycholecalciferol (25-OHD3) in the treatment and prevention of clinical symptoms of renal osteodystrophy. Controversy over the possible deleterious effects of other vitamin D metabolites, namely 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and 1, alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3, led to an examination of the rate of decline in renal function both before and during treatment with 25-OHD3. Serum creatinine and glomerular filtration rates were stable in the patients who completed 2, 3, and 4 years of treatment with 25-OHD3. There was no acceleration in the deterioration of renal function during treatment with 25-OHD3 beyond that which would be expected without vitamin D therapy of any kind. There was an increase in mean serum creatinine after 1 year of treatment because 5 children who entered the study were already in the terminal (accelerated) phase of renal function deterioration. These children completed 1 year of therapy with 25-OHD3.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002112:Calcifediol / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002118:Calcium / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D012080:Chronic Kidney Disease-Mineral and Bone Disorder / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D005260:Female; D005919:Glomerular Filtration Rate; D006801:Humans; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D003404:Creatinine; D002112:Calcifediol; D002118:Calcium