Vitamin D Supplementation Can Improve Heart Function in Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy

NCT ID: NCT02517814

Last Updated: 2015-08-07

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: UNKNOWN
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 100 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-10-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-10-31

Brief Summary

Vitamin D deficiency could be a high risk for cardiovascular diseases. It has been recently reported that vitamin D deficiency is another cause of heart failure and cardiomyopathies. It was found that vitamin D supplementation improved the heart function. The purpose of this study is to evaluate patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathies and determine whether vitamin D supplementation in cases where there is a deficiency, improves heart functioning.

Conditions

Cardiomyopathy, Dilated

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: DIAGNOSTIC
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Patients with cardiomyopathy

Patients with vitamin D deficiency and cardiomyopathy will receive supplementation with vitamin D 400 units per day for 6 months.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Vitamin D

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Interventions

Vitamin D

Intervention Type: DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy

Exclusion Criteria

• Post heart surgery
• Congenital heart disease

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Locations

Hillel Yaffe Medical Center

Hadera, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Central Contacts

Eias Kassem, MD

Role: CONTACT

eiask@hy.health.gov.il

972-4-6304331

Other Identifiers

HY-2015-06

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id