Trial of High Dose Vitamin D in Patient's With Crohn's Disease

Summary

Crohn's disease is more common in areas of the world with less sunlight exposure. Sunlight is a major source of vitamin D. There is some research to suggest that patient's with higher vitamin D levels are less likely to undergo surgeries and have better control of their disease. We intend to study the effects of high dose vitamin D supplementation in patients with vitamin D deficiency and Crohn's disease. We hypothesize that patients given high doses will have less hospitalizations, surgeries, steroid use.

Timeline

Start

2015-04

Primary completion

2016-04

Completion

2016-04

Publications

• Background Jorgensen SP, Agnholt J, Glerup H, Lyhne S, Villadsen GE, Hvas CL, Bartels LE, Kelsen J, Christensen LA, Dahlerup JF. Clinical trial: vitamin D3 treatment in Crohn's disease - a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2010 Aug;32(3):377-83. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04355.x. Epub 2010 May 11.
• Background Khalili H, Huang ES, Ananthakrishnan AN, Higuchi L, Richter JM, Fuchs CS, Chan AT. Geographical variation and incidence of inflammatory bowel disease among US women. Gut. 2012 Dec;61(12):1686-92. doi: 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-301574. Epub 2012 Jan 11.
• Background Cantorna MT, Munsick C, Bemiss C, Mahon BD. 1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol prevents and ameliorates symptoms of experimental murine inflammatory bowel disease. J Nutr. 2000 Nov;130(11):2648-52. doi: 10.1093/jn/130.11.2648.
• Background Ananthakrishnan AN, Khalili H, Higuchi LM, Bao Y, Korzenik JR, Giovannucci EL, Richter JM, Fuchs CS, Chan AT. Higher predicted vitamin D status is associated with reduced risk of Crohn's disease. Gastroenterology. 2012 Mar;142(3):482-9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.11.040. Epub 2011 Dec 9.

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