Efficacy of Vitamin D Supplementation in Multiple Sclerosis (EVIDIMS)

Summary

Examination of efficacy, safety and tolerability of vitamin D3 in the treatment of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).

Timeline

Start

2011-12

Primary completion

2017-06

Completion

2017-06

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper After 18 months, clinical (relapse rates, disability progression) and radiographical (T2-weighted lesion development, contrast-enhancing lesion development, brain atrophy) did not differ between both treatment arms. PMID 32047645 ↗

Publications

• Backer-Koduah P, Infante-Duarte C, Ivaldi F, Uccelli A, Bellmann-Strobl J, Wernecke KD, Sy M, Demetriou M, Dorr J, Paul F, Ulrich Brandt A. Effect of vitamin D supplementation on N-glycan branching and cellular immunophenotypes in MS. Ann Clin Transl Neurol. 2020 Sep;7(9):1628-1641. doi: 10.1002/acn3.51148. Epub 2020 Aug 23.
• Dorr J, Backer-Koduah P, Wernecke KD, Becker E, Hoffmann F, Faiss J, Brockmeier B, Hoffmann O, Anvari K, Wuerfel J, Piper SK, Bellmann-Strobl J, Brandt AU, Paul F. High-dose vitamin D supplementation in multiple sclerosis - results from the randomized EVIDIMS (efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in multiple sclerosis) trial. Mult Scler J Exp Transl Clin. 2020 Jan 24;6(1):2055217320903474. doi: 10.1177/2055217320903474. eCollection 2020 Jan-Mar.
• Dorr J, Ohlraun S, Skarabis H, Paul F. Efficacy of vitamin D supplementation in multiple sclerosis (EVIDIMS Trial): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2012 Feb 8;13:15. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-15.

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