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Heart FailurePhase 4DELIGHTFULNCT01230307

Vitamin D Supplementation for Treatment of Heart Failure

A Phase 4 study testing Vitamin D3 in people with Heart Failure, run by University of Michigan at 1 site in United States.

Terminated

Stopped early. The study ended before it was planned to and will not resume.

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Trial summary

The central objective of this proposal is to establish that vitamin D supplementation in heart failure patients with low vitamin D levels will have improved outcomes compared to placebo. In addition the investigators will also evaluate the role of genetics in regard to vitamin D and heart failure. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Heart Failure
What is being tested?
Vitamin D3
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
Yes, some participants may receive a placebo
How many people
28 participants
Where
1 siteUnited States
Study dates
Oct 2010to Dec 2014
Phase
Phase 4
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • HF patients with LV systolic dysfunction of ischemic or non-ischemic origin and an LVEF <40% using nuclear ventriculography or echocardiography within the last 6 months.
  • Attempts should have been made at optimizing medical therapy and the participant should be stable on these medications for at least 3 months.
  • Patients with a 25(OH)D level between 10-25 ng/ml

Who cannot join

  • Inability to give informed consent
  • Patients with sarcoidosis or other granulomatous disease that can alter vitamin D metabolism
  • Patients with primary valvular HF, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and drug-induced HF
  • Renal dysfunction defined as serum creatinine > 2.5 mg/dl
  • Pregnant women
  • Patients <18 years of age
  • Patients on vitamin D supplementation

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

United States1 site
  • University of Michigan Medical Center

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

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About this study

Official title: D suppLementation In HearT FaiLure (DELIGHTFUL)

The central objective of this proposal is to establish that vitamin D supplementation in heart failure patients with low vitamin D levels will have improved outcomes compared to placebo. In addition the investigators will also evaluate the role of genetics in regard to vitamin D and heart failure. The investigators will be evaluating what is currently a novel approach of identifying patients with low vitamin D and treating this low vitamin D level. The investigators will be able to evaluate the importance of vitamin D supplementation in these patients and the role of genetics on our defined outcomes.

Read the detailed description

Primary Objective To determine how rapid vitamin D supplementation affects biomarkers and submaximal exercise capacity in systolic HF patients with low vitamin D status.

Working Hypothesis 1: HF patients when supplemented with vitamin D for 6 months will have lower measures of inflammation and extracellular-matrix remodeling compared with placebo.

Working Hypothesis 2: HF patients when supplemented with vitamin D for 6 months will have longer 6-minute walk length compared with placebo.

Secondary Objectives To establish a relationship between the CYP2R1 variant and surrogate markers in systolic HF patients.

Working Hypothesis 3: HF patients with the CYP2R1 G allele will have higher measures of inflammation and extracellular-matrix remodeling compared to AA subjects. This relationship will also be seen in subjects with the CYP2R1 TagSNP variants.

Working Hypothesis 4: HF patients with CYP2R1 variant alleles will have shorter 6-minute walk length compared to subjects without these variants.

To genotype HF subjects for the VDR variants and additional tag SNPs, to ascertain the relationship between VDR genetic variation and surrogate markers in systolic HF patients.

Working Hypothesis 5: HF patients with VDR variants will have greater measures of inflammation and extracellular-matrix remodeling compared to subjects without VDR variants.

Working Hypothesis 6: HF patients with VDR variants will have a shorter 6-minute walk length compared to subjects without these variants.

Conditions
Heart Failure
Being tested
Vitamin D3, Placebo
Keywords
Vitamin D, Systolic failure, Genomics, Biomarkers, Exercise, Quality of Life
Medical subject headings
Heart Failure, Motor Activity

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Vitamin D3Drug

    Also called cholecalciferol

    Vitamin D supplementation will be an oral load of 100,000 IU then 2000 IU by mouth daily of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)for 6 months

  • PlaceboDrug

    Also called Sugar Pill

    A placebo loading dose will be given followed by 2 placebo tablets daily for 6 months.

Study groups in NCT01230307
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Vitamin DActive comparatorVitamin D supplementation will be an oral load of 100,000 IU then 2000 IU by mouth daily of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)for 6 months
Receives: Drug: Vitamin D3
PlaceboPlacebo comparatorA placebo loading dose will be given followed by two placebo tablets daily for 6 months.
Receives: Drug: Placebo

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Biomarkers

    Biomarkers - C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a), propeptide procollagen type I, plasma procollagen III, matrix metalloproteinase 2 (MMP-2), MMP-9 and tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases-1 (TIMP-1).

    Measured: 6 months

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Exercise Capacity Measured by 6 Minute Walk Test

    Measured: 6 months

  2. Quality of Life Measured by Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire

    Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire for quality of life is measured on a scale of 0 - 100, with 100 being best.

    Measured: 6 months

  3. Vitamin D Genomics

    Genotyped for the restricted fragment length polymorphism at the BsmI site. In addition CYP2R1, CYP27B1, CYP24 will also be genotyped.

    Measured: Baseline

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted29 Oct 2010 (estimated)
  2. Study startOct 2010
  3. Primary completionDec 2014
  4. Study completionDec 2014

Why it stopped: Unable to recruit sufficient number of patients.

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider
Enrolment
28 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01230307
Sponsor's protocol ID
VitD3
Acronym
DELIGHTFUL
Status last verified
Sep 2016
First submitted
27 Oct 2010
Last updated
18 Nov 2016
Data monitoring committee
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 4 study testing Vitamin D3 in people with Heart Failure, run by University of Michigan at 1 site in United States.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 7 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: stopped early, as of the sponsor's last update on 18 Nov 2016. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. Some participants in this study may receive a placebo. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 4 studies take place after a treatment is approved, to learn more about its long-term benefits and risks in everyday use.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 18 Nov 2016). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Biomarkers (time frame: 6 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 18 Nov 2016.

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