VitCov: High Dose Vitamin-D Substitution in Patients With COVID-19: a Randomized Controlled, Multi Center Study
Study Details
Study Description
Brief Summary
The world is currently facing a pandemic with the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) which leads to the disease of COVID-19. Risk factors for a poor outcome of COVID-19 have so far been identified as older age and co-morbidity including chronic respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and current smoking status. Previous studies found, that vitamin D deficiency is more prevalent among patients with these risk factors. There are observational studies reporting independent associations between low serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (the major circulating vitamin D metabolite) and susceptibility to acute respiratory tract infection.
Vitamin D substitution in patients with COVID-19 who show a vitamin D deficiency should therefore be investigated for efficacy and safety.
The study is designed as a randomized, placebo-controlled, double blind study. The objective of the study is to test the hypothesis that patients with vitamin D deficiency suffering from COVID-19 treated under standardized conditions in hospital will recover faster when additionally treated with a single high dose of vitamin D compared to standard treatment only.
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Detailed Description
The world is currently experiencing a coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) pandemic. The disease caused by infection with this virus is known as COVID-19. Risk factors for a poor outcome of COVID-19 have so far been found to include, older age and co-morbidity including chronic respiratory conditions and current smoking status. Previous studies found, that vitamin D deficiency is more prevalent among patients with these risk factors.
There are observational studies reporting independent associations between low serum concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (the major circulating vitamin D metabolite) and susceptibility to acute respiratory tract infection. 25-hydroxyvitamin D supports induction of antimicrobial peptides in response to both viral and bacterial stimuli suggesting a potential mechanism by which vitamin D inducible protection against respiratory pathogens might be mediated. The clear functions of vitamin D in the immune system are difficult to define because the immune response is not a static process. The vitamin-D-receptor, which has also been detected in immunological cells, suggests that vitamin D can regulate some processes related to immunity. A further argument which supports a potential antiviral activity of vitamin D is the modulation of the inflammatory response. The release of pro-inflammatory cytokines by the influenza virus appeared to correlate with the severity of illness. The use of vitamin D as a prophylactic for influenza has shown promise in prevention of illness and reduction of secondary asthma in children. Inadequate vitamin D status is associated with susceptibility to upper respiratory infections in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In the ViDiCo-trial vitamin D supplementation protected against moderate or severe exacerbation, but not upper respiratory infection, in patients with COPD. A further study retrospectively examined data from 108 patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) for whom a vitamin D status was available at the time of diagnosis revealed that over 95% of these patients had vitamin D deficiency. When examined according to quarterly of serum 25- hydroxyvitamin D, a consistent inverse relationship between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and length of hospital and ICU stay among survivors was observed. Vitamin D substitution in patients with COVID-19 who show a vitamin D deficiency should therefore be investigated for efficacy and safety.
For this purpose the investigators designed a randomized, placebo controlled double blind trial to test the hypothesis hypothesis that a single high dose of vitamin D in addition to standard treatment improves the recovery period positively in patients with COVID-19 and vitamin D deficiency compared to standard treatment only. That means, that the time of recovery is shorter in the single high dose vitamin D group relative to standard treatment group only.
Study Design
Arms and Interventions
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Experimental: High Dose Vitamin D Patient will receive a single high dose of vitamin D (140'000) in addition to daily 800 IU of vitamin D. The medication be administered orally |
Drug: Single high dose vitamin D
Patient receives either one dose orally of 140'000 IU (7 ml) of this drug once as an intervention treatment additionally to TAU or the patient receives 7 ml of the placebo Solution (7 ml) in addition to TAU
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Drug: Treatment as usual vitamin D
Both groups receive the treatment as usual after the single high dose or the placebo which will be 800 IU per day
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo Patient will receive a single dose of placebo, orally administered and then treatment as usual (daily 800 IU of vitamin D, orally administered) |
Drug: Placebo
Patient receives a single dose of a placebo solution
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Drug: Treatment as usual vitamin D
Both groups receive the treatment as usual after the single high dose or the placebo which will be 800 IU per day
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Outcome Measures
Primary Outcome Measures
- Length of hospitalization [Administration to Discharge from hospital care (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID 19)]
Overall duration of the hospitalization from day of admission until the day of discharge or fatality
Secondary Outcome Measures
- Need of intensive care [Until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID-19)]
Did the patient need a intensive care treatment during the hospitalization (yes/no)
- Lenght of the Intensive Care Treatment [Until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID-19)]
Day of admission to ICU until discharge or fatality
- Overall mortality [During the length of hospitalisation (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID-19)]
Percentage of patient died during hospitalization
- Development of vitamin D levels [Day 1 (Baseline) and Day 7 after the first administration of the high dose vitamin D or the placebo and at discharge (mean hospital stay is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID-19)]
percentage of patients with 25-hydroxyvitamin D > 50nmol/L (>20ng/mL) at day 7 - The values of calcium, phosphorus, 24-hydroxyvitamin D, 1.25-dihydroxyvitamin D, parathyroid hormone.
- Development of sepsis [During the length of hospitalization (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID-19)]
percentage of patients developing a sepsis
Other Outcome Measures
- Complications due to COVID-19 [During the length of hospitalization (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID-19)]
We assess every other complications which occurs due to COVID-19
- Blood pressure (BP) [Daily until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID-19)]
The BP will be assessed daily in mmHg
- Heart rate [Daily until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID-19)]
The heart rate will be assessed daily in bpm
- Peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2) [Daily until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID 19)]
The SpO2 will be assessed daily in %
- Percentage of patients who require oxygen [Daily until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID 19)]
Requirement for oxygen will be assessed daily (yes/no) if yes how many liters per minute
- Breathing frequency [Daily until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID 19)]
Breathing frequence will be assessed daily in breaths per minute
- Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) [Daily until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID 19)]
GCS will be assessed daily 3 to 15 points. It describes the extent of impaired consciousness. 15 points means no impairment, 3 points means severe impairment of consciousness.
- Percentage of patients are smokers, former smokers or lifelong non-smokers [Assessing of the smoking Status at Basleine]
Assessing the history of smoking in pack years (PY). the assessment will be made with the following options for answering Current smoker: Smoking for how many years? Cigarettes per day? Former smoker, how many years smoked? How many cigarettes per day Life-long non-smoker
- Current Symptoms [Daily until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID 19)]
Assessed in No/ Mild/ Moderate /Severe
- Temperature [Daily until discharge or fatality (mean duration is between 14 and 22 days for Patients with COVID 19)]
Temperature will be assessed daily in degrees celsius
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
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Informed Consent as documented by signature
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Hospitalized Patient
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Ongoing COVID-19 infection
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Vitamin D deficiency defined as a serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration ≤ 50nmol/l( ≤20ng/ml)
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18 years of age
Exclusion Criteria:
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Known hypersensitivity to one of the used products of vitamin D or indigents in the drug's composition
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Active malignancy
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Hypercalcemia
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Granulomatous disease such as sarcoidosis
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History of renal stones within the past year
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Pregnancy/breastfeeding, as evaluated through screening,
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Previous enrollment into the current study,
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Enrollment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons,
Contacts and Locations
Locations
Site | City | State | Country | Postal Code | |
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1 | Cantonal Hospital Baselland Liestal | Liestal | BL | Switzerland | 4410 |
2 | Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen | Saint Gallen | SG | Switzerland | 9001 |
Sponsors and Collaborators
- Prof. Dr. Jörg Leuppi
Investigators
- Study Director: Jörg D Leuppi, Professor, Kantonsspital Baselland
Study Documents (Full-Text)
None provided.More Information
Publications
None provided.- 2020-01401