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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 4 February 2013
Main ID:  NCT00977873
Date of registration: 14/09/2009
Primary sponsor: Barts & The London NHS Trust
Public title: Trial of Vitamin D Supplementation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease ViDiCO
Scientific title: Randomised, Multi-Centre, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Vitamin D Supplementation in Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Date of first enrolment: September 2009
Target sample size: 240
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00977873
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:   Adrian R Martineau, MRCP
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Queen Mary University of London
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Principal Inclusion Criteria:

- Medical record diagnosis of COPD, emphysema or bronchitis

- Post-bronchodilator FEV1 / FVC < 70% or post-bronchodilator FEV1 / slow VC < 70%

- Post-bronchodilator FEV1 < 80% predicted

- Age = 40 years on day of first dose of IMP

- Smoking history = 15 pack-years

- If a woman of child-bearing potential, is sexually abstinent or has negative
pregnancy test within 7 days of recruitment and agrees to use reliable form of
contraception until she has completed the study

- Able to give written informed consent to participate

Exclusion Criteria:

- Current diagnosis of asthma

- Known clinically significant bronchiectasis

- Known sarcoidosis, hyperparathyroidism, nephrolithiasis, active tuberculosis, vitamin
D intolerance, liver failure, renal failure, terminal illness, lymphoma or other
malignancy not in remission for = 3 years

- Taking benzothiadiazine derivative, cardiac glycoside, carbamazepine, phenobarbital,
phenytoin or primidone

- Taking dietary supplement or topical preparation containing vitamin D up to 2 months
before first dose of IMP

- Treatment with any investigational medical product or device up to 4 months before
first dose of IMP

- Breastfeeding, pregnant or planning a pregnancy

- Baseline corrected serum calcium > 2.65 mmol/L

- Baseline serum creatinine > 125 micromol/L



Age minimum: 40 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Cholecalciferol
Dietary Supplement: Miglyol oil
Primary Outcome(s)
Time to first moderate / severe COPD exacerbation [Time Frame: One year]
Time to first upper respiratory tract infection [Time Frame: One year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Proportion of participants experiencing hypercalcaemia [Time Frame: One year]
Time to unscheduled health service use for upper respiratory tract infection or moderate / severe exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease [Time Frame: One year]
Secondary ID(s)
2009-010084-16
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Health Service, United Kingdom
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