D Vitamin Intervention in VA

Summary

This study will supplement African American male (AAM) veterans at risk for diabetes and newly diagnosed T2DM with vitamin D (low or higher dose) and evaluate whether vitamin D helps to improve early markers of diabetes. The study will be done at Veteran Administration Medical Center in Chicago.

Timeline

Start

2011-05

Primary completion

2013-10

Completion

2014-11

Publications

• Ciubotaru I, Green SJ, Kukreja S, Barengolts E. Significant differences in fecal microbiota are associated with various stages of glucose tolerance in African American male veterans. Transl Res. 2015 Nov;166(5):401-11. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2015.06.015. Epub 2015 Jul 8.
• Eisenberg Y, Mohiuddin H, Cherukupally K, Zaidi H, Kukreja S, Barengolts E. Similarities and differences between patients included and excluded from a randomized clinical trial of vitamin D supplementation for improving glucose tolerance in prediabetes: interpreting broader applicability. Trials. 2015 Jul 15;16:306. doi: 10.1186/s13063-015-0812-0.
• Barengolts E, Manickam B, Eisenberg Y, Akbar A, Kukreja S, Ciubotaru I. EFFECT OF HIGH-DOSE VITAMIN D REPLETION ON GLYCEMIC CONTROL IN AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES WITH PREDIABETES AND HYPOVITAMINOSIS D. Endocr Pract. 2015 Jun;21(6):604-12. doi: 10.4158/EP14548.OR. Epub 2015 Feb 25.

Drugs

Indications