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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02704624
Date of registration: 24/02/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Public title: Effects of Supplementation of Vitamin D in Patients With Crohn's Disease
Scientific title: The Impact of Serum Vitamin D and Calcium Levels on the Body Composition, Bone Mineral Density, Muscle Strength, Exercise Tolerance, Fatigue and Inflammatory Activity in Patients With Crohn's Disease: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: December 2016
Target sample size: 110
Recruitment status: Enrolling by invitation
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02704624
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Brazil
Contacts
Name:     Júlio MF Chebli, Professor
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Affiliation:  Federal University of Juiz de Fora
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Clinical diagnosis of Crohn's Disease (moderate to severe)

- Remission of Crohn's activity

- Reduced blood levels of vitamin D

Exclusion Criteria:

- Presence of other chronic concomitant disease

- Presence of other autoimmune disease

- Presence of sleep disturbance

- Abuse of alcohol and other drugs

- Pregnancy or lactation, climacteric and/or menopausal women

- Adherence to extreme diet (e.g. macrobiotic or vegetarian diet)

- Celiac disease

- Presence of extensive resection of the small intestine (more than 100cm²)

- Patients undergoing vitamin D replacement for the last 6 months.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fatigue
Disorder of Bone Density and Structure, Unspecified
Sarcopenia
Vitamin D Deficiency
Crohn Disease
Muscle Weakness
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D
Other: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Increase in the grip strength in patients with Crohn under vitamin D supplementation [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Increase in exercise capacity assessed by Shuttle Walk Test (SWT) [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Global reduction in laboratorial inflammatory biomarkers (CRP) [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Reduction in fatigue perception in patients with Crohn under vitamin D supplementation [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Increase in mineral bone density (MBD) [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Increase in lean body mass in patients with Crohn under vitamin D supplementation [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Decrease in fecal Calprotectin levels [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Global reduction in laboratorial inflammatory biomarkers (TNF-a) [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Global reduction in laboratorial inflammatory biomarkers (IL 17) [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Global reduction in laboratorial inflammatory biomarkers (IL 6) [Time Frame: After 6 months of supplementation with vitamin D]
Secondary ID(s)
CAAE41674814500005147
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do estado de Minas Gerais
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Results
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