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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00459563
Date of registration: 10/04/2007
Primary sponsor: Atlanta VA Medical Center
Public title: Vitamin D and Blood Pressure
Scientific title: A Randomized Placebo-controlled Double Blinded Trial to Evaluate Cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) and Calcitriol Treatment on Reducing Blood Pressure in Middle Aged Adults With Stage I Hypertension and Vitamin D Deficiency
Date of first enrolment: March 2007
Target sample size: 80
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00459563
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Suzanne E Judd, MPH
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Affiliation:  Emory University
Name:   Vin Tangpricha, MD/PhD
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Affiliation:  Emory University/VAMC
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Participants must be over the age of 18

- Vitamin D levels between 10 and 30 ng/ml

- Systolic blood pressure between 130 and 150 mmHg

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current use of anti-hypertensive medication

- Inability to understand the consent form

- Inability to return ABP monitor within 24-48 hours after visit

- Alcohol dependence

- Diagnosis of chronic kidney disease

- History of heart disease

- History of stroke

- Inability to comply with study protocol

- Current treatment for cancer

- Narcotic dependence

- Current use of greater than 2000 IU of vitamin D

- Pregnant



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypertension
Intervention(s)
Drug: calcitriol
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Vitamin D
Primary Outcome(s)
25(OH)D [Time Frame: 3 weeks]
Blood pressure [Time Frame: 3 Weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Aldosterone [Time Frame: 3 weeks]
Angiotensin II [Time Frame: 3 weeks]
Parathyroid hormone [Time Frame: 3 weeks]
Renin [Time Frame: 3 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
648-2006
VAMC Atlanta R&D AREF 283001
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Emory University
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