Efficacy of vitamin D3 supplementation in reducing incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis and mortality among HIV-infected Tanzanian adults initiating antiretroviral therapy: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Sudfeld, Christopher R ^a   Mugusi, Ferdinand ^b,c   Aboud, Said ^b,c   Nagu, Tumaini J ^b,c   Wang, Molin ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT FOR HEALTH   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Cholecalciferol; HIV; Micronutrient; Nutrition; Tanzania; Tuberculosis; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALBUMIN; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; ISONIAZID; PLACEBO; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMORBIDITY; COUGHING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSESSMENT; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INCIDENCE; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; MORTALITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SHELF LIFE; TANZANIAN; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; IMMUNOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIXED INFECTION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROTECTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TANZANIA; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CHOLECALCIFEROL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COINFECTION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; INCIDENCE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTECTIVE FACTORS; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TANZANIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 85012066713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13063-017-1819-5     Document Type: Article

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