Status:

COMPLETED

Clinical Approaches to Correcting Vitamin D Inadequacy and Maintaining Adequacy

Lead Sponsor:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Conditions:

Vitamin D Inadequacy

Vitamin D Deficiency

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Vitamin D is available in two forms, vitamin D2 and vitamin D3. It has previously been assumed that these two forms maintain blood vitamin D equally. However, this may not be the case. This study will...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Community dwelling men and women age ≥ 65 years.
  • Able and willing to sign informed consent.
  • Serum 25OHD concentration ≥ 10 and less than 60 ng/ml by HPLC.
  • Willing to avoid use of cod-liver oil and non-study vitamin D supplementation; standard multiple vitamins containing ≤ 400 IU used no more than once daily will be allowed

Exclusion

  • Current hypercalcemia (serum calcium \> 10.5 mg/dl) or untreated primary hyperparathyroidism.
  • History of nephrolithiasis.
  • Screening 25OHD concentration ≥ 60 ng/ml.
  • Baseline 24-hour urine calcium \> 250 mg if female, \> 300 mg if male.
  • Known risk factors for hypercalcemia, e.g., malignancy, tuberculosis, sarcoidosis, Paget's disease
  • History of any form of cancer within the past five years with the exception of adequately treated squamous cell or basal cell skin cancer.
  • Renal failure defined as a calculated creatinine clearance (Cockroft-Gault method) ≤ 25 ml/minute
  • Severe end-organ disease, e.g., cardiovascular, hepatic, hematologic, pulmonary, etc., which may limit ability to complete the study
  • Known malabsorption syndromes, e.g., celiac disease, radiation enteritis, active inflammatory bowel disease, etc.
  • Use of medications known to alter bone turnover including bisphosphonates, estrogen, selective estrogen receptor modulators, PTH, testosterone or calcitonin
  • Vitamin D intake greater than 5,000 IU daily
  • Treatment with any active metabolites of vitamin D within six months of screening
  • Treatment with any drug which may interfere with vitamin D metabolism, e.g., phenobarbital, phenytoin.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

64 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00692120

Start Date

February 1 2007

End Date

November 1 2008

Last Update

October 5 2015

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UW Osteoporosis Clinical and Research Program

Madison, Wisconsin, United States, 53705