NCT05186194

The Effect of Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation on the Prevention of Stress Fractures.

The Effect of Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation on the Prevention of Stress Fractures in Chinese Recruits.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 240 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Xijing Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 25 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The main objective of this study is to find whether supplemental vitamin d and calcium can reduce the incidence of stress fractures in recruits. These high-risk recruits undergo intensive training which elevated bone turnover, which requires adequate level of vitamin D and calcium in order to support bone health. It is hypothesized that supplemental vitamin d and calcium will decrease the occurrence of stress fractures.

Conditions

• Stress Fracture
• Vitamin d

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Vitamin D, Calcium	Vitamin D, calcium are available in tablets. During the 8 weeks of training, subjects were asked to take supplement tablets per day after dinner.
DRUG	Placebo	Placebo

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-30
• Primary completion: 2022-06-30
• Completion: 2022-09-30
• First posted: 2022-01-11
• Last updated: 2022-01-11

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China