Vitamin D and Staphylococcus Aureus in the Diabetes Study

University of Tromso (UiT)

Status and phase: Completed; Phase 3

Conditions: Infection

Treatments: Drug: cholecalciferol

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01395290

UIT-ENDO-2011-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

There are indications that the vitamin D status of an individual is related to susceptibility to staphylococcal infections. In the present study we will examine nasal colonisation rate in subjects participating in an ongoing vitamin D intervention study ( 20.000 IU cholecalciferol per week vs placebo) for the prevention of type 2 diabetes in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.

Enrollment: 280 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• participant in an ongoing intervention study with vitamin D

Exclusion criteria

• none specifically for this study

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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280 participants in 1 patient group

cholecalciferol

Experimental group

Description:

cholecalciferol 20.000 IU per week

Treatment:

Drug: cholecalciferol