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SUBMITTER: Armas LA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3430950 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Armas Laura A G LA Andukuri Radha R Barger-Lux Janet J Heaney Robert P RP Lund Richard R
Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 20120712 9
<h4>Background and objectives</h4>Recent understanding of extrarenal production of calcitriol has led to the exploration of native vitamin D treatment in dialysis patients. This paper reports the pharmacokinetics of 25-hydroxyvitamin D response to 10,333 IU cholecalciferol given weekly in subjects on chronic dialysis.<h4>Design, setting, participants, & measurements</h4>This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of 15 weeks of oral cholecalciferol in subjects with stage 5 CKD requir ...[more]