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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR970
Date of registration: 12/05/2007
Primary sponsor: F. Schreuder
Public title: Vitamin D suppletion and aspecific musculoskeletal disorders.
Scientific title: Vitamin D suppletion and aspecific musculoskeletal disorders. -
Date of first enrolment: 8/2/2008
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: complete
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=970
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: Double; Control: Placebo; Group: Crossover; Type: [default]  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: F.  Schreuder
Address:  Handellaan 108 2625 SN Delft The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-15-2622624
Email: fschreuder01@planet.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: F.  Schreuder
Address:  Handellaan 108 2625 SN Delft The Netherlands
Telephone: +31-15-2622624
Email: fschreuder01@planet.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Asian en African men and women, visiting their general practitioners;
2. 18-60yrs;
3. > 13 weeks aspecific musculo-skeletal disorders (i.e. musculoskeletal
complaints without a specific cause like:
a. trauma or infection or;
b. localisation (like gonarthrose) or; complex of symptomes (like HNP,
polymyalgia rheumatica).
Included are for instance low-backpain,
fibromyalgia, fasciitis plantaris. Depression is NOT an exclusioncriterium.
4. Serum 25OHD level < 50nmol/ml.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnancy;
2. Vitamin D suppletion in the last 4 months;
3. Rachitis;
4. Renal insufficiency;
5. Sarcoidosis;
6. TBC;
7. Peanut-allergy;
8. Use of cyclosporines, statines or oral steroids.


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Vitamin D suppletion , Aspecific musculoskeletal disorders , Allochtone patients

Intervention(s)
150.000 IU vit D3 or placebo in one oral gift at week 0
Idem at week 6 (but: if given placebo at week 0,one will allways get vit D3)
Primary Outcome(s)
Differences in improvement of pain as assessed by questionnairies at week 0
and 6 (between placebo- and vit D3-group)
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Differences in improvement of pain as assessed by questionnairies at week 12
(between 150.000and 300.000-vit D3-group);
2. Serum 25-OH-D levels at week 12 (150.000 and 300.000 group);
3. Differences in improvement of pain as assessed by questionnairies at week 6
and week 12 (between placebo-vit D3-group and vit D3-placebo-group);
4. Serum 25-OH-D levels at week 12 (placebo-vit D3-group and
vit D3-placebo-group);
5. Correlations between localisation of complaints, improvement of pain as
assessed by questionnairies, initial serum 25-OH-D levels and serum 25-OH-D
levels at week 12.
6. Differences in ability to walk stairs as assessed by questionnairies at week 6 and 12 between placebo and vitamin D group
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN54027991
Source(s) of Monetary Support
F. Schreuder
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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