Status:
TERMINATED
Vitamin D Supplementation Requirement in Obese Subjects
Lead Sponsor:
Winthrop University Hospital
Conditions:
Vitamin D Deficiency
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-70 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
Vitamin D deficiency is common in obese patients. Most of vitamin D supplementation studies were done with non-obese subjects. This study looks at vitamin D supplementation requirements in obese patie...
Detailed Description
We intend to study changes in serum 25(OH)D level with calorie restricted weight loss in obese subjects. This will be a double dummy, placebo controlled randomized trial. Subjects whose serum 25(OH)D ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy men or women between the ages of 18 and 70 years old who are enrolled in our Weight Management Program with baseline BMI \> 30 Kg/m2.
Exclusion
- Pregnancy,
- Serum 25(OH)D level greater than 80 nmol/L,
- Hypercalcemia (serum calcium level greater than the upper limit of normal),
- Recent surgery or illness,
- Those with chronic use of medications that influence calcium/vitamin D metabolism such as anti-convulsants, lithium and steroids. Thiazide diuretics for hypertension will be acceptable.
- Subjects with sarcoidosis will be excluded.
- Those who do not qualify to participate in the Weight Management Program will be excluded. They include subjects with active substance abuse and unstable cardiac disease.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
December 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2013
Estimated Enrollment :
27 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00996866
Start Date
December 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2013
Last Update
July 3 2023
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Winthrop University Hospital
Mineola, New York, United States, 11501