Effects of Vitamin D on Lipids

Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Hypercholesterolemia, Vitamin D Deficiency

In brief

The purpose of this study is to examine whether oral vitamin D supplementation in people with inadequate vitamin D concentrations will lower LDL-cholesterol and total cholesterol concentrations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00723385

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

130

Starts

2008-07-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-08

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Any medically stable person able to swallow pills
• Inadequate vitamin D status at screening visit

You may not qualify if…

• Clinical instability of underlying disease process (e.g., recent hospitalization, change of dosages of medications within the prior two weeks, or new medications within one month)
• Recent transfusion
• Severe renal failure or dialysis
• Hypercalcemia
• Malignancy under active treatment
• Feeding tube
• Intestinal bypass surgery
• Inability to swallow tablets

Where it is running

• Jewish Home — San Francisco, California, United States

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