NCT02416895

Vitamin D Status and Immune Function

Vitamin D Status and in Vivo Immune Function

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 264 (actual)
• Sponsor: Bangor University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 35 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between Vitamin D status and immunity.

Detailed description

Vitamin D is mainly obtained from the sun and follows a seasonal pattern, with Vitamin D levels peaking in summer and reaching a trough during winter. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with impaired immunity. However, knowledge of Vitamin D deficiency with in vivo immunity is limited. This observational study aims to investigate the relationship between Vitamin D status and the in vivo immunity.

Conditions

• Vitamin D Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	In vivo immunity model	A measure of in vivo immune function.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• Completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2015-04-15
• Last updated: 2017-04-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United Kingdom