NCT01022398

Vitamin D Replacement: The Effect on Statin-Related Myalgias

• Status: Terminated
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 4 (actual)
• Sponsor: Creighton University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 19 Years – 89 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this project is to determine if Vitamin D supplementation \[10,000 international units of cholecalciferol (vitamin D3) by mouth weekly\] will decrease the rate of discontinuation of statin therapy due to muscle ache/pain and decrease the occurrence of muscle ache/pain due to statin therapy.

Conditions

• HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitors-related Myalgias

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	cholecalciferol/placebo	10,000 IU by mouth weekly for 6 months

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-02-01
• Primary completion: 2011-06-01
• Completion: 2011-06-01
• First posted: 2009-12-01
• Last updated: 2013-05-20
• Results posted: 2013-05-20

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States