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Vitamin D Supplementation Prevents Elderly Pneumonia

NCT00877422 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 100

Last updated 2009-04-08

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Summary

Pneumonia is the fourth leading cause of death and frequently occurs in institutionalized elderly people in Japan. Recently, several clinical and experimental studies have reported the importance of vitamin D in the regulation of immune functions and its deficiency is associated with susceptibility to some infections. In the present study, the investigators hypothesize that deficiency of serum vitamin D is associated with development of pneumonia, and supplementation of vitamin D may lower the incidence of pneumonia and prolong survival in institutionalized elderly subjects.

Conditions

  • Bacterial Pneumonia

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Vitamin D3

Group A and Group C are followed without drugs and Group B is followed with vitamin D3.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tohoku University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hiroyuki Arai, MD · Department of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Tohoku University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-08-31

Countries

  • Japan

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