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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03981562
Date of registration: 24/05/2019
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: St. Paul's Hospital, Canada
Public title: Vitamin D and Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Scientific title: Vitamin D Supplementation and Reduction of Severity and Frequency of Epistaxis in Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Date of first enrolment: July 16, 2018
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03981562
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:     India Dhillon, BSc
Address: 
Telephone: 604-806-9926
Email: idhillon3@providencehealth.bc.ca
Affiliation: 
Name:     Amin Javer, MD FRCSCFARS
Address: 
Telephone: 6048069926
Email: sinusdoc@me.com
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 19 years or older

- Definite diagnosis of HHT using the Curacao criteria;

- HHT patients already on Vitamin D supplementation (these patients will still be
included since the study is examining mega-doses specifically)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with sinonasal tumours;

- Patients with bleeding disorders;

- Patients with serum levels of 250 or more ng/ml of vitamin D before or during the
study supplementation (considered to be toxic levels)

- Patients who are unable to speak English;

- Patients who live outside B.C.



Age minimum: 19 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hereditary Haemorrhagic Telangiectasia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Vit D
Drug: Placebo Oral Tablet
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Epistaxis Severity Score [Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in Modified Lund-Kennedy Score [Time Frame: Baseline, 3 months, and 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
H18-01337
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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