NCT03890458

The Effect of Vitamin D on Fertility

Effects of Vitamin D Supplements on Pregnancy Outcomes in Embriyo Transfer Cycles

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 118 (actual)
• Sponsor: Akdeniz University · Academic / Other
• Sex: Female
• Age: 18 Years – 45 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Objective: To examine the effect of vitamin D supplements on the pregnancy and clinical pregnancy rate in embryo transfer cycles. Design: Experimental study with a pre- and post-test. Setting: In Vitro Fertilization Center Patients: Its sample consisted of 118 women, 58 in the experimental group and 60 in the control group. Intervention(s): At the beginning of the infertility treatment, the experimental group took vitamin D supplements, and the control group did not. Vitamin D supplementation for infertile women includes regulation of a diet rich in vitamin D, educational and motivational interviews about insolation, and taking vitamin D orally. Main Outcome Measure(s): 25(OH)D and beta HCG levels

Conditions

• Infertility
• Infertility, Female
• Vitamin D Deficiency
• Vitamin D3 Deficiency

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	DEVIT-3	The physicians gave the women in the experimental group vitamin D oral drops in an ampoule of 300,000 IU and a vial of 50,000 IU to take during the IVF treatment. Written and verbal information about how to take vitamin D was provided to the participants by the nurses. The women took 300,000 IU vitamin D orally for the first week. In the second week of the treatment, 50,000 IU vitamin D (15 drops/day) was used as maintenance dose until the pregnancy test day.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-05-01
• Primary completion: 2017-11-30
• Completion: 2017-11-30
• First posted: 2019-03-26
• Last updated: 2019-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)