Randomized controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Khaled SaadAhmed A Abdel-RahmanYasser M ElserogyAbdulrahman A Al-AtramAmira A El-HoufeyHisham A-K OthmanGeir BjørklundFeiyong JiaMauricio A UrbinaMohamed Gamil M Abo-ElelaFaisal-Alkhateeb AhmadKhaled A Abd El-BaseerAhmed E AhmedAhmad M Abdel-SalamPublished in: Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines (2016)
This study is the first double-blinded RCT proving the efficacy of vitamin D3 in ASD patients. Depending on the parameters measured in the study, oral vitamin D supplementation may safely improve signs and symptoms of ASD and could be recommended for children with ASD. At this stage, this study is a single RCT with a small number of patients, and a great deal of additional wide-scale studies are needed to critically validate the efficacy of vitamin D in ASD.