Mozzarella Cheese Vitamin D and Bioavailability
Fortification of Mozzarella Cheese With Vitamin D3: Effect of High Temperature Cooking and Bioavailability of Vitamin D3
1 other identifier
interventional
100
1 country
1
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of heat on the bioavailability of vitamin D in industrially fortified mozzarella cheese baked with pizza.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2012
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
Study Start
First participant enrolled
January 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
March 9, 2012
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
April 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
April 1, 2012
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 9, 2013
CompletedAugust 9, 2013
August 1, 2013
3 months
March 9, 2012
August 6, 2013
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Bioavailability of vitamin D fortified Mozzarella cheese after pizza baking
Blood 25(OH)D levels will be measured at baseline and at the end of the study between low dose vs. high dose vitamin D group.
2 months
Secondary Outcomes (1)
Monitoring dose safety
2 months
Study Arms (2)
High dose
ACTIVE COMPARATORHigh dose vitamin D group receiving Mozzarella cheese/pizza with 28000 IU vitD/serving once a week
Low dose
PLACEBO COMPARATORLow dose vitamin D group receiving Mozzarella cheese/pizza with 200 IU vitD/serving once a week
Interventions
High dose group receive 28000 IU vitamin D once a week Low dose group receive 200 IU vitamin D once a week
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Healthy males and females between ages 18-70 years
You may not qualify if:
- Use of vitamin D supplements in excess of 1000 IU/day
- A history of any medical disorder that might effect vitamin D or mineral metabolism
- Use of medications that could interfere with vitamin D metabolism
- Potential for sun exposure ( i.e travel to a sunny destination of use of tanning beds) within the month prior to or during the study
- History of hypercalcemia
- Unwillingness to return for follow up
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Torontolead
- Toronto Metropolitan Universitycollaborator
- George Brown Collegecollaborator
Study Sites (1)
George Brown College
Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2T9, Canada
MeSH Terms
Interventions
Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Reinhold Vieth, Phd
Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- DOUBLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Clinical Biochemist
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
March 9, 2012
First Posted
August 9, 2013
Study Start
January 1, 2012
Primary Completion
April 1, 2012
Study Completion
April 1, 2012
Last Updated
August 9, 2013
Record last verified: 2013-08