NIH Clinical Research Studies

Protocol Number: 89-DK-0173

Active Accrual, Protocols Recruiting New Patients

Title:
Studies of States with Resistance to Vitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone
Number:
89-DK-0173
Summary:
Patients with confirmed or suspected conditions with a resistance to vitamin D or parathyroid hormone (PTH) will be admitted for diagnosis and treatment, and inclusion in other studies pertaining to similar conditions.

This study will provide information about problems relating to calcium in the blood, urine, and bones. Patients in this study will undergo a general evaluation / check-up to give researchers an idea of each person's condition or disease. Patients will receive treatment based on their diagnosis and asked to provide specimen samples for further research studies.

Sponsoring Institute:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Recruitment Detail
Type: Active Accrual Of New Subjects
Gender: Male & Female
Referral Letter Required: Yes
Population Exclusion(s): None

Eligibility Criteria:
INCLUSION CRITERIA

Patients of any age or sex with vitamin D resistance, rickets, osteomalacia, pseudohypoparathyroidism, pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism, or suspicion of these or related disorders based upon the appropriateness of their problem to ongoing investigations.

Current investigations are focused primarily upon subjects with target tissue resistance to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, pseudohypoparathyroidism, and pseudo-pseudohypoparathyroidism.

Special Instructions: Currently Not Provided
Keywords:
Calcium
Vitamin D
Calcitriol
Parathyroid
Cyclic AMP
Rickets
Recruitment Keywords:
None
Conditions:
Hypocalcemia
Osteomalacia
Pseudohypoparathyroidism
Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism
Rickets
Investigational Drug(s):
None
Investigational Device(s):
None

Contacts:
Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office
Building 61
10 Cloister Court
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4754
Toll Free: 1-800-411-1222
TTY: 301-594-9774 (local),1-866-411-1010 (toll free)
Fax: 301-480-9793

Electronic Mail:prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov

Citations: Not Provided

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