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High-dose Vitamin D3 in Pancreas Cancer


2018-04-01


2021-04-20


2021-04-20


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Study Overview

High-dose Vitamin D3 in Pancreas Cancer

Different studies have shown that a deficiency in vitamin D (≤20ng/mL) results in higher rates in morbidity and mortality rates in cancer patients. Clinical studies investigated and demonstrated altered vitamin d tissue in pancreatic cancer. But there is no prospective study evaluating the beneficiary effects of oral supplementation of vitamin d in altered vitamin d tissue from pancreatic cancer. We want to examine the effect of a high dose vitamin D3 therapy vs. a standard base dose vitamin D3 therapy in pancreas cancer patients with a vitamin D deficiency. In case of benefit in our results we could implement vitamin D3 as a supportive standard therapy in pancreatic cancer patients.

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  • Pancreas Cancer
  • Vitamin D Deficiency
  • Quality of Life
  • DRUG: High-dose
  • DRUG: Standard dose
  • VITdCUT 1.3 - 21022018

Study Record Dates

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Study Registration Dates Results Reporting Dates Study Record Updates

2018-03-14  

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2022-01-31  

2018-03-14  

N/A  

2022-02-15  

2018-03-21  

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2022-01  

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

Design Details

Primary Purpose:
Supportive Care


Allocation:
Randomized


Interventional Model:
Parallel


Masking:
None


Arms and Interventions

Participant Group/ArmIntervention/Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: High-dose

Intervention with high dose oral vitamin D3 supplementation. 1 drop equals 400 I.U. This group will get 180.000 I.U. on day 1, and then 4000 I.U. per day for 60 days.

DRUG: High-dose

  • Patients will receive a high dose - 180.000 I.U. (1 drop equals 400 I.U.) of Vitamin D3 orally on day 1, and then 4000 I.U. for 60 days
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Standard-dose

Intervention with standard dose oral vitamin D3 supplementation. 1 drop equals 400 I.U. This group will get 800 I.U. per day for 60 days.

DRUG: Standard dose

  • Patients will receive a standard dose - 800 I.U. (equals 2 drops) of Vitamin D3 orally for 60 days
Primary Outcome MeasuresMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
25(OH) vitamin DBlood level of Vitamin D3Day 60
Secondary Outcome MeasuresMeasure DescriptionTime Frame
25(OH) vitamin DBlood level of Vitamin D3Day 30
1,25(OH)2D vitamin DBlood level of 1,25(OH)2D vitamin DDay 30
1,25(OH)2D vitamin DBlood level of 1,25(OH)2D vitamin DDay 60
Urine CalciumCalcium level in urineDay 30
Urine CalciumCalcium level in urineDay 60
OsteocalcinBone marker measured in bloodDay 30
OsteocalcinBone marker measured in bloodDay 60
Beta-crosslapsBone marker measured in bloodDay 30
Beta-crosslapsBone marker measured in bloodDay 60
Calciumblood measurementDay 60
Calciumblood measurementDay 30
ionized calciumblood measurementDay 30
ionized calciumblood measurementDay 60
creatinineblood measurementDay 30
creatinineblood measurementDay 60
phosphateblood measurementDay 60
phosphateblood measurementDay 30
60-day mortalityNumber of patients who die in the specified timeframeDay 60
hospital stayHospital stay in daysDay 60
hospital readmissionNumber of readmissionsDay 60
hepcidinblood level marker for iron statusDay 30
hepcidinblood level marker for iron statusDay 60
Quality of Life questionnaireevaluated by EORTC questionnaireDay 30
Quality of Life questionnaireevaluated by EORTC questionnaireDay 60

Contacts and Locations

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Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person’s general health condition or prior treatments.

Ages Eligible for Study:
ALL

Sexes Eligible for Study:
18 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

    Inclusion Criteria:
    both sexes

  • vitamin D deficiency(≤20ng/ml)
  • patients>18 years of age
  • pancreatic cancer
  • surgical intervention/non-surgical intervention
  • signed written informed consent

  • Exclusion Criteria:

  • patients<18 years of age
  • pregnancy
  • contraindication for oral vitamin D intake
  • hypercalcemia (> 2.65 mmol/l total calcium and/or > 1.35 mmol/l ionized calcium at screening)
  • other ongoing vitamin D conducted trial
  • known kidney stones, active tuberculosis or sarcoidosis (in the last 12 months)
  • metastasized pancreatic cancer
  • normal vitamin D serum levels
  • missing written informed consent

Collaborators and Investigators

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    • PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR: Peter Kornprat, Prof. Dr., Medical University of Graz, Departement for General Surgery

    Publications

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    General Publications

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