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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2016
Main ID:  ISRCTN14200211
Date of registration: 09/05/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Barts and the London NHS Trust (UK)
Public title: Investigating the effect of vitamin K supplementation on markers of bone turnover and bone density in adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis
Scientific title: Investigating the effect of vitamin K supplementation on markers of bone turnover and bone density in adolescents and adults with cystic fibrosis
Date of first enrolment: 02/01/2007
Target sample size: 40
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN14200211
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Randomised double-blind placebo-controlled study (Treatment)  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name: Lieske    Kuitert
Address:  Department of Respiratory Medicine London Chest Hospital Bonner Road E2 9JX London United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with a diagnosis of CF (positive sweat test or genotype testing)
2. Patients aged greater than 16 years (post pubertal-stage IV Tanner), either sex
3. Patients are pancreatic insufficient (i.e. with a positive faecal elastase test, and requiring pancreatic enzyme supplementation)
4. No evidence of overt liver disease (not on ursodeoxycholic acid)

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients already taking vitamin K supplementation
2. Patients with osteoporosis or osteopaenia and taking bisphosphonates
3. Patients with abnormally low vitamin D levels (less than 30 µg)
4. Patients on maintenance oral corticosteroids
5. Patients who are considered to have very sedentary lifestyle or follow a rigorous exercise training programme
6. Patients with overt liver disease
7. Patients who do not consent to participate
8. Patients with a life expectancy of less than 12 months
9. Patients who are non-compliant with maintenance therapies


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Bone health in cystic fibrosis
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Cystic fibrosis
Intervention(s)
1. 10 mg of menadiol phosphate (water soluble form of vitamin K) once daily (o.d.) orally for 12 months
2. Matching placebo for 12 months

Total duration of treatment and follow-up: 12 months for both arms.
Primary Outcome(s)
The between-groups difference in the ratio of undercarboxylated osteocalcin to total osteocalcin, measured prior to supplementation starting and at the end of the 12 months supplementation.
Secondary Outcome(s)
The between-group differences in:
1. Total osteocalcin
2. Undercarboxylated osteocalcin
3. N Terminal X (marker of bone resorption)
4. Bone specific alkaline phosphatase
5. Serum vitamin D
6. Calcium
7. Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan z and t scores of lumbar spine and femoral neck (scores adjusted for age, height and sex)

Measured prior to supplementation starting and at the end of the 12 months supplementation.
Secondary ID(s)
vit K 2006
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Barts and the London NHS Trust (UK) - Internally funded from Nursing, Midwifering and Allied Health Profession research grant
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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