Vitamin D Supplementation in Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps
Launched by MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · Aug 19, 2010
Trial Information
Current as of April 26, 2025
Withdrawn
Keywords
ClinConnect Summary
Introductory Statement: Our laboratory has found that patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP) have insufficient levels of vitamin D3. This is a proposal to conduct a placebo controlled trial on the use of vitamin D3 (5,000IU/day for 6 weeks) to determine clinical and immunologic outcomes in these patients.
General Investigational Plan: We routinely examine vitamin D levels in all patients with CRSwNP. Those that are insufficient (less than 32 ng/ml) and have agreed to undergo sinus surgery will be randomized to placebo or vitamin D3 supplementation (5,000IU/day) for...
Gender
ALL
Eligibility criteria
- Inclusion Criteria:
- • Chronic sinusitis with polyps
- Exclusion Criteria:
- • Use of systemic steroids, or other immunmodulatory agents in preceding monthS, other immunologic, renal, gastrointestinal, endocrine or skeletal disorder (rheumatoid arthritis, immunodeficiency, cystic fibrosis, ciliary dyskinesia, malabsorption, etc.)
- • Pregnancy or age less than 14 years.
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Contacts
Jennifer Cobb
Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Locations
Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Patients applied
Trial Officials
Rodney Schlosser, MD
Principal Investigator
Medical University of South Carolina
Timeline
First submit
Trial launched
Trial updated
Estimated completion
Not reported
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