NCT01781169

Vitamin D Supplementation to Obese Chinese Males

Health Effect of Oral Vitamin D Supplementation on Obese Chinese Males

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 43 (actual)
• Sponsor: Shenzhen Center for Chronic Disease Control · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 23 Years – 66 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Hypothesis: Oral Supplementation of Vitamin D can Reduce Hypersecretion of Parathyroid Hormone and Insulin Resistance in Obese Chinese Males. Protocol: Weekly oral supplementation of 50,000 IU vitamin D (cholecalciferol) or eight weeks to the obese males compared with the normal-weight males. Index measures were conducted at baseline and endpoint.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Insulin Resistance

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Oral supplementation of vitamin D	Weekly oral supplementation of 50,000 IU vitamin D (cholecalciferol) for eight weeks to the obese males compared with the normal-weight males. The chemical form of vitamin D is cholecalciferol capsuled as fine powder.

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-12-01
• Completion: 2012-12-01
• First posted: 2013-01-31
• Last updated: 2013-10-30
• Results posted: 2013-09-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China