Vitamin D AND Glucose Handling Evaluated by Glucose Clamp

Summary

In this study the investigators want to compare glucose handling (insulin secretion and insulin sensitivity) in 100 persons with low and 50 persons with normal-high levels of vitamin D, using a hyperglycemic clamp technique, were sugar is given intravenously for 3 hours in order to keep the blood sugar level at 10 mmol/L. Those with low vitamin D levels will be randomized to treatment with vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) 40 000 IU/week or placebo for 6 months before a new clamp is performed. The study hypothesis is that persons with low vitamin D levels have impaired glucose handling which might be improved by vitamin D supplementation.

Timeline

Start

2008-11

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2010-12

Publications

• Grimnes G, Figenschau Y, Almas B, Jorde R. Vitamin D, insulin secretion, sensitivity, and lipids: results from a case-control study and a randomized controlled trial using hyperglycemic clamp technique. Diabetes. 2011 Nov;60(11):2748-57. doi: 10.2337/db11-0650. Epub 2011 Sep 12.

Drugs

Indications

No indication recorded.