Vitamin D as Treatment for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)

NCT00666367 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 182

Last updated 2010-12-24

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project aims to explore the relationship between Vitamin D deficiency and COPD progression via a prospective randomized placebo-controlled study. For this purpose, study was powered to 120 patients hospitalized with an exacerbation of COPD randomly assigned to a monthly oral dose of Vitamin D versus placebo. Taking into account dropouts, 182 patients are randomized during the course of the study

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

D-cure

4 ml of D-cure (SMB oral intake) in syringe Exacta-Med Oral Dispenser.

DRUG

Placebo

4 ml of Arachidis oleum raffinatum Ph. Eur. in syringe Med Oral Dispenser.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • KU Leuven

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wim Janssens, Prof. · KU Leuven

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2010-08-31

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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