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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 15 January 2018
Main ID:  ISRCTN08265004
Date of registration: 17/11/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: King's College London - Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Public title: Studying the effect of vitamin D supplementation in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) patients who have experienced loss of bone mineral density over time
Scientific title: A prospective study of loss of bone mineral density in patients with HIV over time: implications for clinical practice and therapeutic options - Vitamin D sub study
Date of first enrolment: 01/11/2011
Target sample size: 48
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN08265004
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Phase IV open label study (Treatment)  
Phase:  Phase IV
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
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Name: Barry    Peters
Address:  Harrison Wing 2nd Floor Lambeth Wing St. Thomas' Hospital Westminster Bridge Road SE1 7EH London United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 18 years and 45 years , males and females
2. Documented Positive HIV-1 antibody test and either stable on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) as defined by undetectable viral load and on the same regimen for more than 6 months or treatment naive (HIV+ cohort only) (n=32)
3. Presumed HIV negative C (HIV negative cohort only) (n=16)
4. Ability to give informed consent
5. Willing to use barrier method contraception (condoms) for the duration of the trial
6. Documented Vitamin D deficiency (less than 50 nmol/L within 6 months of screening)
7. Not currently taking Vitamin D supplements, or have taken any Vitamin D supplements within 4 weeks of screening

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnancy or breast feeding
2. Patient unlikely to comply with protocol
3. Received vitamin D supplementation within the previous 4 weeks
4. Documented history of renal impairment
5. Any chronic inflammatory condition
6. Documented Hepatitis B or C
7. Documented soya or peanut allergy or hypersensitivity to any of the constituents of Dekristol®
8. Hypercalcaemia or hypercalciuria
9. Pseudohypoparathyroidism


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Infections and Infestations
HIV disease resulting in other specified conditions
Intervention(s)
There are no treatment arms, there are 3 cohorts: HIV positive (on treatment), HIV Positive (Naive), HIV Negative. All are given 200,000 units stat colecalciferol at baseline and followed up over a 12 week period by doing physical exam, blood samples and urine samples.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Efficacy: level in serum vitamin D levels to be above those at baseline
2. Safety:
2.1. Routine: serum renal, liver, bone, glucose, Full Blood Count (FBC)
2.2. Vital signs including blood pressure (BP), pulse, temperature
2.3. Renal: urine dipstix (blood, protein, leukocytes, glucose), urine protein/creatinine (PCR)
2.4. Bone biochemisty to include: Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone, alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
Samples obtained at baseline, week 4 and week 12
Secondary Outcome(s)
No secondary outcome measures
Secondary ID(s)
PB002
Source(s) of Monetary Support
ViiV Pharmaceuticals (UK)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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