ERGOCALCIFEROL

Post-LOE

ergocalciferol capsules,

ANDAORALCAPSULE
Approved
Dec 2018
Lifecycle
Post-LOE
Competitive Pressure
30/100
Clinical Trials
1

Mechanism of Action

CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY The in vivo synthesis of the major biologically active metabolites of vitamin D occurs in two steps. The first hydroxylation of ergocalciferol takes place in the liver (to 25-hydroxyvitamin D) and the second in the kidneys (to 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D). Vitamin D metabolites…

Pharmacologic Class:

Provitamin D2 Compound

Clinical Trials (1)

NCT01114672Phase 4Completed

A Study of Oral Ergocalciferol to Treat Pruritis in Hemodialysis Patients

Started Jul 2010
50 enrolled
Pruritis