Clinical Trial on the Use of 25-OH -D Vitamin in Haemodialysis Patients

Summary

Multicentric randomized Italian clinical trial, open label, not for profit. To evaluate the efficacy of 25-OH-D vitamin in terms of myocardial infarction, stroke, sudden death, death for other causes in chronic haemodialysis patients. Two arms of treatment: 25-OH-D vitamin per os versus no treatment.

Timeline

Start

2012-11

Primary completion

2016-11

Completion

2016-11

Publications

• Morrone L, Palmer SC, Saglimbene VM, Perna A, Cianciolo G, Russo D, Gesualdo L, Natale P, Santoro A, Mazzaferro S, Cozzolino M, Cupisti A, Di Luca M, Di Iorio B, Strippoli GFM; Mineral Metabolism Study Group of the Italian Society of Nephrology. Calcifediol supplementation in adults on hemodialysis: a randomized controlled trial. J Nephrol. 2022 Mar;35(2):517-525. doi: 10.1007/s40620-021-01104-z. Epub 2021 Jun 26.

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