Personalized Vitamin D Supplementation in European and African Americans

NCT02362269 | Completed Results DMC

• 3 other identifiers: 2015-0047A538500SMPH\POP HEALTH SCI\POP HLTH
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 169
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The proposed study is a randomized, double-blind, controlled, multi-center clinical trial of six months of daily oral vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol). This study will randomize 334 community-dwelling post-menopausal women of European and African descent (\~167 from each ancestry) in a 1:1 ratio between the control arm and the dosing algorithm arm using stratified block randomization with a block size of six and stratification by site (ancestry). The sample size of 334 includes 10% over-recruitment to allow for loss to follow-up. The European ancestry women will be seen in the Madison clinic and the African ancestry women will be seen in the Milwaukee clinic. The proposed study will focus on post-menopausal women because this is the subset of the population that both Dr. Engelman's and Dr. Binkley's preliminary data are drawn from. Moreover, 25(OH)D concentrations are typically lower in women and in older individuals, since production of vitamin D in the skin following sun exposure decreases with age. Therefore, this group of individuals is likely to benefit the most from vitamin D supplementation, especially when personalized based on biology using the proposed dosing algorithm.

Conditions

Vitamin D Deficiency

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Efficacy of the Dosing Algorithm in Achieving Total 25(OH)D as Measured by the Percentage of Participants Ending With Concentrations of 35-50 ng/mL

  To validate the proposed vitamin D3 dosing algorithm, a vitamin D panel consisting of serum concentrations of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol; an indicator of vitamin D3 absorption), 25(OH)D3, 25(OH)D2, the C3-epimer of 25(OH)D3 and 24,25(OH)2D as well as an assay to directly measure free serum 25(OH)D will be run on all the blood samples collected at the baseline, 3 month and 6 month visits.

  3 and 6 months

Study Arms (2)

Control Group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The control group will receive 2500 IU of vitamin D3 daily.

Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D

Dosing Algorithm Group

EXPERIMENTAL

The dosing algorithm group will initially receive 1000, 2500, or 4000 IU of vitamin D3 daily based on the baseline 25(OH)D. This group's dosing may be adjusted at the 3-month visit.

Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D

Interventions

Vitamin D DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Gelcaps containing 1000, 2500, and 4000 IU of vitamin D3 will be obtained from Tischon corporation (Westbury, NY). The gelcaps will be protected from light and not stored above 25° C. Participants will be instructed to take their vitamin D3 gelcaps with supper daily. Compliance with study supplementation will be documented by pill count at the time of each study visits.

Control Group; Dosing Algorithm Group

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy, community-dwelling postmenopausal woman of self-reported European (Madison site) or African (Milwaukee site) descent
• Able and willing to sign informed consent
• Baseline serum 25(OH)D concentration of 10.0-29.9 ng/mL
• Willing to not alter the amount of their baseline vitamin D supplementation during the course of this study
• Willing to use sunscreen (SPF ≥15) when sun exposure of \>15 minutes is expected during the months of May through September

You may not qualify if:

• Diagnosis of kidney or liver disease (organs that metabolize vitamin D)
• Current hypercalcemia (serum calcium ≥ 10.5 mg/dL) or other disorders that may affect vitamin D metabolism and predispose to hypercalcemia, i.e., sarcoidosis, active tuberculosis or other granulomatous disease.
• Other chronic diseases or conditions potentially affecting vitamin D metabolism or absorption (inflammatory bowel disease, cystic fibrosis, ulcerative colitis, and malabsorptive surgery)
• History of nephrolithiasis
• Current use of medications that affect vitamin D metabolism (glucocorticoids, anticonvulsants, antifungals, and HIV/AIDS medications)
• History of any form of cancer within the past two years with the exception of basal or squamous cell skin lesions, in situ tumors or thyroid cancer
• Terminal illness/on hospice
• Severe end-organ disease (e.g., cardiovascular, pulmonary, etc.), which may limit the ability to complete the study
• Treatment with high dose vitamin D (≥50,000 IU weekly) or any active metabolites of vitamin D, e.g., calcitriol, within six months of screening; current use of multiple vitamins and other vitamin D supplements will be allowed.
• Use of tanning beds or salons or unwillingness to utilize sunscreen during periods of sun exposure of 15 minutes or longer from May through September
• Planned trips/vacations likely to be associated with substantial amounts of sun exposure during the course of the study (i.e., more than 500 miles south of Madison/Milwaukee)

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Wisconsin, Madison: lead
• Medical College of Wisconsin: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

University of Wisconsin Osteoporosis Clinical Research Program

Madison, Wisconsin, 53705, United States

Location

Medical College of Wisconsin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Vitamin D Deficiency

Interventions

Vitamin D

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Avitaminosis; Deficiency Diseases; Malnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Secosteroids; Steroids; Fused-Ring Compounds; Polycyclic Compounds

Results Point of Contact

• Title: Dr. Corinne D. Engleman
• Organization: University of Wisconsin

cengelman@wisc.edu

(608) 265-5491

Study Officials

• Corinne Engelman, PhD

  University of Wisconsin, Madison

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Publication Agreements

• PI is Sponsor Employee: Yes

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: DOUBLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT, INVESTIGATOR
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2015
• First Posted: February 12, 2015
• Study Start: October 30, 2015
• Primary Completion: May 3, 2019
• Study Completion: May 3, 2019
• Last Updated: December 1, 2020
• Results First Posted: November 13, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-11

Locations

US (2)