Availability of Vitamin D in Orange Juice
Completed · Not applicable · Has a placebo group
Conditions studied: Vitamin D Deficiency
In brief
The purpose of this study was to determine whether vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 in orange juice are effective at raising vitamin D levels in the blood and if vitamin D2 and vitamin D3 in orange juice raised blood levels of 25(OH)D as well as vitamin D3 and vitamin D2 supplements.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01778114
- Run by
- Boston University
- People needed
- 86
- Starts
- 2006-12-01
- Expected to finish
- 2007-06-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-03-29
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Male and female adults of all races ages 18 years and older
You may not qualify if…
- Pregnant and lactating women
- History of chronic severe liver (as defined by liver function test greater than 2 times upper limit of normal)or kidney disease as defined by a serum creatinine >2.5.
- History of taking a daily supplement that contains 400 or more IU vitamin D2 or vitamin D3 within the past month or taking a pharmacologic amount of vitamin D2 or one of the active vitamin D analogs including Zemplar (Paricalcitol), Dovonex (calcipotriol), Hectorol (vitamin D pro hormone)
- Subjects who are taking orally Dilantin or glucocorticoids.
- Exposure to a tanning bed or tanning on a beach for more than eight hours within the past month.
- Subjects who drink more than 2 glasses (16 oz) cups of milk a day.
- Known history of elevated calcium. (> 10.5 mg% (mg/dl))
- History of intestinal malabsorption (i.e. Cystic Fibrosis, Fat malabsorption Syndrome, Crohn's Disease)
- Allergies to orange juice
- Any medical conditions in which it is not advisable to receive one 8 oz. glass of orange juice per day.
- Currently taking, or having taken less than one month prior to start of study, a prescription vitamin D
- Unwilling to consent to this trial
Where it is running
- Boston University Medical Center — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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