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COVID 19Phase 2/3NCT04386850

Oral 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 and COVID-19

A Phase 2/3 study testing Oral 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 in people with COVID 19, run by Tehran University of Medical Sciences at 1 site in Iran.

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of rapidly correcting vitamin D deficiency in adults with the use of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] for reducing the risk of acquiring the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) viral infection and mitigating morbidity and mortality associated with this… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 75 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
COVID 19
What is being tested?
Oral 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3
Type of treatment
Pill or oral medicine
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
1,500 participants
Where
1 siteIran
Study dates
14 Apr 2020to 15 Mar 2021
Phase
Phase 2/3
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 to 75 years
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Older than 18 years old and younger than 75 years old for all study groups.
  • Meet the diagnostic criteria of COVID-19 for different types (including ordinary type, heavy type and critical type) in infected patients.
  • No medications or disorders that would affect vitamin D metabolism
  • Women must be on birth control and not pregnant
  • Ability and willingness to give informed consent and comply with protocol requirements

Who cannot join

  • Ongoing treatment with pharmacologic doses of vitamin D, vitamin D metabolites or analogues
  • Pregnant or lactating women;
  • Severe underlying diseases, such as advanced malignant tumors, endstage lung disease, etc.
  • History of elevated serum calcium >10.6 mg/dl; that is corrected for albumin concentration or subjects with a history of hypercalciuria and kidney stones.
  • Chronic hepatic dysfunction, chronic kidney disease or intestinal malabsorption syndromes including inflammatory bowel disease.
  • Supplementation with over the counter formulations of vitamin D2 or vitamin D3
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  • Use of tanning bed or artificial UV exposure within the last two weeks.
  • Consuming medication affecting vitamin D metabolism or absorption (anticonvulsants, anti-tuberculosis medication glucocorticoids, HIV medications and cholestyramine).
  • Subjects with a history of an adverse reaction to orally administered vitamin D, vitamin D metabolites or analogues.
  • Subjects with a history of conditions that can lead to high serum calcium levels such as sarcoidosis, tuberculosis and some lymphomas associated with activated macrophages which increase the production of 1,25(OH)2D.
  • Inability to give informed consent

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Zhila Maghbooli, PhD contact

+98 21 6670 6142

zhilayas@gmail.com

Arash Shirvani, MD, PhD contact

hn@bu.edu

Iran1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Tehran University of Medical Sciences

    Tehran

    Zhila Maghbooli, PhD, +98 21 6670 6142, zhilayas@gmail.com

    Recruiting

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About this study

Official title: Preventive and Therapeutic Effects of Oral 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 on Coronavirus (COVID-19) in Adults

The goal of this clinical trial is to investigate the therapeutic efficacy of rapidly correcting vitamin D deficiency in adults with the use of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 [25(OH)D3] for reducing the risk of acquiring the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) viral infection and mitigating morbidity and mortality associated with this infection. This evidence-based hypothesis is related to several observations. Macrophages, activated T and B lymphocytes have a vitamin D receptor and 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 induces defensin protein synthesis, influences immunoglobulin production and modulates T-cell cytokine production and functions. 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 also reduces the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) that is believed to serve as the binding site and gateway for COVID-19 to become infectious. This is a multicenter randomized3 doubleblinded placebo-controlled study aimed at determining the benefits of 25(OH)D3 treatment for the prevention of COVID-19 infection and improving clinical outcomes in infected patients. The investigators plan to recruit 1500 subjects in 3 study groups that include hospital health providers, patients with a positive test for COVID-19 and their relatives with a negative test. Eligible subjects in each study group with a documented serum level of 25(OH)D < 20 ng/mL will be randomized. Recruited subjects will be given 25 mcg of 25(OH)D3 daily or an identically appearing placebo at the time of randomization for two months. Three hospitals will participate and the sample size is foreseen to be equally distributed between the three. Since the clinical trial is designed as minimal risk a formal committee for data monitoring is not foreseen. However, potential toxicity will be monitored every 4 weeks with a serum calcium, albumin and creatinine by the PI and the study coordinators. If the corrected serum calcium increases above 10.6 mg/dl and a repeat confirms that the calcium is above 10.6 mg/dL the subject will be dropped from the study and referred to his or her PCP. Early signs and symptoms of vitamin D toxicity associated with hypercalcemia are increased thirst, increase in frequency of urination, especially at night. The subjects will be followed up weekly by phone to ask about their sign and symptoms.

Read the detailed description

Improvement in the vitamin D status i.e. total serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in children and adults has been associated with reduced risk of upper respiratory tract infections including influenza A infection. The rationale for giving 25(OH)D3 rather than vitamin D3 is to rapidly improve the vitamin D status of the subjects who are at high risk of acquiring COVID 19 or who are infected by this very aggressive viral infection. It takes approximately 6-8 weeks to achieve a steady state blood level of 25(OH)D when ingesting a daily dose of vitamin D3 whereas ingesting 25(OH)D3 results in a rapid rise in its blood level reaching steady state within 48 hours. Based on the available literature it is reasonable to consider the possibility that vitamin D deficiency could increase risk of acquiring COVID 19 infection and exacerbating its infectivity and the body's cytokine response to it. It therefore seems plausible that the rapid improvement in vitamin D status by providing 25(OH)D3 may contribute to reducing the severity of illness caused by COVID-19, particularly in settings where hypovitaminosis D is frequent especially in people of color. Arguably, there is little evidence to date that improving the vitamin D status will reduce the infectivity risk or mitigate the devastating health consequences of COVID-19 infection. The proposed study to rapidly improve vitamin D status in adults who are at high risk of acquiring COVID- 19 or who are at risk for its morbidity and mortality will test the veracity of this evidence based hypothesis. Results from this study, especially if positive, would have far reaching global health consequences. Vitamin D3, vitamin D2 and 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 are readily available worldwide and could be quickly instituted as a rapid cost-effective method to help combat this pandemic.

Conditions
COVID 19
Being tested
Oral 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3
Keywords
COVID 19, Vitamin D, 25-hydroxyvitamin D3, 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3, Viral infection, Cytokine storm, supplementation, Clinical Trial, Health Care provider, Prevention, Treatment
Medical subject headings
COVID-19, Virus Diseases, Cytokine Release Syndrome

What participants receive

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

  • Oral 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3Drug

    Subjects in the case group will receive 25 mcg of 25(OH)D3 once daily at bedtime for 2 months and the control group will receive placebo daily for 2 months.

Study groups in NCT04386850
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
TreatmentExperimentalInfected patients with acute respiratory tract infection symptoms (e.g. fever, cough, dyspnea) with no other etiology that fully explains the clinical presentation accompanied by chest computed tomography (CT) scan findings compatible with Covid-19 or with a COVID-19 positive test by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Receives: Drug: Oral 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3
PreventionExperimentalThis arm of study includes the health care providers and hospital workers with a negative test for COVID-19 and a close patient relative with a negative test for COVID-19 who lives with the infected patients.
Receives: Drug: Oral 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3

What is being measured

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

  1. COVID-19 (SARA-Cov-2) infection

    Percentage of patients with acute respiratory tract infection symptoms (e.g. fever, cough, dyspnea) with no other etiology that fully explains the clinical presentation accompanied by chest computed tomography (CT) scan findings compatible with Covid-19 or patients with a COVID-19 positive test by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

    Measured: 60 days

  2. Severity of COVID-19 (SARA-Cov-2) infection

    Percentage of mild, moderate and sever forms of COVID-19 based on WHO criteria

    Measured: 60 days

  3. Hospitalization

    Percentage of patients who need to be hospitalized

    Measured: 60 days

  4. Disease duration

    Days from the first symptom/positive test to discharge from hospital/negative test

    Measured: 60 days

  5. Death

    Rate of death due to COVID-19 during the study

    Measured: 60 days

  6. Oxygen support

    Percentage of COVID patients who need oxygen support

    Measured: 60 days

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Type of oxygen support

    Percentage of COVID patients who require each: Nasal cannula, Non-invasive ventilation or high-flow nasal cannula, Invasive mechanical ventilation, Invasive mechanical ventilation and ECMO

    Measured: 60 days

  2. Symptoms of COVID-19

    Percentage of COVID patients who display each: fever, dry cough, coughing sputum or blood, sore throat, headache, diarrhea and shortness of breath

    Measured: 60 days

  3. Serum Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3

    Serum Levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (ng/ml) by HPLC

    Measured: 60 days

  4. Serum levels of calcium

    Serum calcium concentration (mg/dl)

    Measured: 60 days

  5. Serum levels of phosphorus

    Serum phosphorus concentration (mg/dl)

    Measured: 60 days

  6. Serum levels of creatinine

    Serum creatinine concentration (mg/dl)

    Measured: 60 days

  7. Serum levels of albumin

    Serum albumin concentration (g/dl)

    Measured: 60 days

  8. Serum levels of the blood urea nitrogen (BUN)

    Serum concentration of the blood urea nitrogen (mg/dl)

    Measured: 60 days

  9. Serum levels of the parathyroid hormone (PTH)

    Serum concentration of the parathyroid hormone (pg/ml)

    Measured: 60 days

Timeline

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

  1. First posted13 May 2020
  2. Study start14 Apr 2020
  3. Primary completion15 Nov 2020 (estimated)
  4. Study completion15 Mar 2021 (estimated)

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 2/3
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
This is a multicenter randomized double-blinded placebo-controlled clinical trial with parallel groups and allocation 1:1.
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
1,500 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT04386850
Sponsor's protocol ID
IRCT2020-0401046909N2
Other IDs
IRCT20200401046909N1, IRCT2020-0401046909N2
Status last verified
May 2020
First submitted
11 May 2020
Last updated
12 Jun 2020
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: The datasets used and analyzed during the current study will be available from the Study Principal Investigators (zhilayas@gmeil.com) on reasonable request .

Publications

  • Shakoor H, Feehan J, Al Dhaheri AS, Cheikh Ismail L, Ali HI, Alhebshi SH, Apostolopoulos V, Stojanovska L. Role of vitamin D supplementation in aging patients with COVID-19. Maturitas. 2021 Oct;152:63-65. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2021.03.006. Epub 2021 Mar 16. No abstract available.

    PubMed 33757717

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2/3 study testing Oral 25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 in people with COVID 19, run by Tehran University of Medical Sciences at 1 site in Iran.

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 5 inclusion and 11 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: status not confirmed, as of the sponsor's last update on 12 Jun 2020. 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 Iran. 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. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this combined phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Phase 3 studies compare the treatment with the current standard treatment or a placebo in a large group, to confirm how well it works and watch for side effects.

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

Are results available for this study?

Results are not available in the source record.

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

Contact Zhila Maghbooli, PhD (+98 21 6670 6142, zhilayas@gmail.com), or a site near the patient. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

COVID-19 (SARA-Cov-2) infection (time frame: 60 days). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT04386850, which also lists 1 linked publication.

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 12 Jun 2020; AzTrials last refreshed its copy on 6 Nov 2026.

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