Clinical trial NCT01349127: Trial to Assess Vitamin D Requirements in Lactating Women
Official title: Randomised Placebo-controlled Supplementation Study With Vitamin D and Calcium in Breastfeeding Mothers
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Vitamin D Deficiency
Vitamin D Insufficiency
Keywords: Vitamin D
Cholecalciferol
Nutrient requirements
Randomised Controlled Trial
Lactation
pregnancy
Cord blood
Human milk
serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D
deficiency
insufficiency
nutrition
Lead sponsor: University College Cork
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Irish Government Department of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Ireland
First posted: 2011-05-06
Enrollment: 136
Sex: FEMALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This is a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D supplementation with 20mcg cholecalciferol (to achieve a total intake of 25mcg/day), with or without 500mg calcium to assess vitamin D requirements in lactating women and to ascertain whether vitamin D supplementation at levels sufficient to achieve defined thresholds of maternal serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D will increase the vitamin D content of maternal milk. The study will also report serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in maternal-cord dyads over a 12-month period and describe the relationship between them. Information on maternal iPTH levels, anthropometry, diet and sun exposure will also be reported.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant women intending to breast feed their infant for at least 12-weeks
* Pregnant women \>20 weeks gestation
* Pregnant women \>18 years of age
* Pregnant women in good general health

Exclusion Criteria:

* Consumption of a vitamin D-containing supplement(\>10µg/day) in the 3 months prior to commencing the trial
* Consumption of a vitamin D or calcium containing supplement during the 12- week trial
* Mothers taking a vacation to a sunny climate or using a solarium during the 12-week trial
* Mothers with pre-existing type 1 or type 2 diabetes
* Mothers with pre-existing hypertension
* Mothers with diagnosed hypercalcemia
* Mothers with diagnosed intestinal malabsorption conditions
* Mothers with multiple fetuses (e.g. twins)
* Consumption of medications known to interfere with vitamin D metabolism.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D in mothers and levels of vitamin D in maternal milk
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Maternal serum iPTH
timeFrame: 12 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cork
country: Ireland
facility: School of Food & Nutritional Sciences, University College Cork,
Study officials:
affiliation: University College Cork
name: Mairead E Kiely, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Seamans KM, Hill TR, Wallace JM, Horigan G, Lucey AJ, Barnes MS, Taylor N, Bonham MP, Muldowney S, Duffy EM, Strain JJ, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Cholecalciferol supplementation throughout winter does not affect markers of bone turnover in healthy young and elderly adults. J Nutr. 2010 Mar;140(3):454-60. doi: 10.3945/jn.109.113480. Epub 2010 Jan 20.
citation: Hill TR, Cotter AA, Mitchell S, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain JJ, Flynn A, Robson PJ, Wallace JM, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status and parathyroid hormone relationship in adolescents and its association with bone health parameters: analysis of the Northern Ireland Young Heart's Project. Osteoporos Int. 2010 Apr;21(4):695-700. doi: 10.1007/s00198-009-0959-1. Epub 2009 May 13.
citation: Cashman KD, Wallace JM, Horigan G, Hill TR, Barnes MS, Lucey AJ, Bonham MP, Taylor N, Duffy EM, Seamans K, Muldowney S, Fitzgerald AP, Flynn A, Strain JJ, Kiely M. Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in free-living adults >=64 y of age. Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 May;89(5):1366-74. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.27334. Epub 2009 Mar 18.
citation: Cashman KD, Hill TR, Lucey AJ, Taylor N, Seamans KM, Muldowney S, Fitzgerald AP, Flynn A, Barnes MS, Horigan G, Bonham MP, Duffy EM, Strain JJ, Wallace JM, Kiely M. Estimation of the dietary requirement for vitamin D in healthy adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Dec;88(6):1535-42. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26594.
citation: O'Riordan MN, Kiely M, Higgins JR, Cashman KD. Prevalence of suboptimal vitamin D status during pregnancy. Ir Med J. 2008 Sep;101(8):240, 242-3.
citation: Hill TR, McCarthy D, Jakobsen J, Lamberg-Allardt C, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Seasonal changes in vitamin D status and bone turnover in healthy Irish postmenopausal women. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 2007 Sep;77(5):320-5. doi: 10.1024/0300-9831.77.5.320.
citation: Cashman KD, Hill TR, Cotter AA, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain J, Flynn A, Robson PJ, Wallace JM, Kiely M. Low vitamin D status adversely affects bone health parameters in adolescents. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Apr;87(4):1039-44. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/87.4.1039.
citation: Hill TR, Cotter AA, Mitchell S, Boreham CA, Dubitzky W, Murray L, Strain JJ, Flynn A, Robson PJ, Wallace JM, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status and its determinants in adolescents from the Northern Ireland Young Hearts 2000 cohort. Br J Nutr. 2008 May;99(5):1061-7. doi: 10.1017/S0007114507842826. Epub 2008 Jan 15.
citation: Andersen R, Molgaard C, Skovgaard LT, Brot C, Cashman KD, Jakobsen J, Lamberg-Allardt C, Ovesen L. Pakistani immigrant children and adults in Denmark have severely low vitamin D status. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008 May;62(5):625-34. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602753. Epub 2007 Apr 18.
citation: McCarthy D, Collins A, O'Brien M, Lamberg-Allardt C, Jakobsen J, Charzewska J, Kiely M, Flynn A, Cashman KD. Vitamin D intake and status in Irish elderly women and adolescent girls. Ir J Med Sci. 2006 Apr-Jun;175(2):14-20. doi: 10.1007/BF03167942.
citation: Hill TR, O'Brien MM, Lamberg-Allardt C, Jakobsen J, Kiely M, Flynn A, Cashman KD. Vitamin D status of 51-75-year-old Irish women: its determinants and impact on biochemical indices of bone turnover. Public Health Nutr. 2006 Apr;9(2):225-33. doi: 10.1079/phn2005837.
citation: Hill TR, Flynn A, Kiely M, Cashman KD. Prevalence of suboptimal vitamin D status in young, adult and elderly Irish subjects. Ir Med J. 2006 Feb;99(2):48-9.
citation: Andersen R, Molgaard C, Skovgaard LT, Brot C, Cashman KD, Chabros E, Charzewska J, Flynn A, Jakobsen J, Karkkainen M, Kiely M, Lamberg-Allardt C, Moreiras O, Natri AM, O'brien M, Rogalska-Niedzwiedz M, Ovesen L. Teenage girls and elderly women living in northern Europe have low winter vitamin D status. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 Apr;59(4):533-41. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602108.
citation: Hill T, Collins A, O'Brien M, Kiely M, Flynn A, Cashman KD. Vitamin D intake and status in Irish postmenopausal women. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2005 Mar;59(3):404-10. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602088.
citation: Hill TR, O'brien MM, Cashman KD, Flynn A, Kiely M. Vitamin D intakes in 18-64-y-old Irish adults. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2004 Nov;58(11):1509-17. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602001.
citation: Muldowney S, Lucey AJ, Paschos G, Martinez JA, Bandarra N, Thorsdottir I, Cashman KD, Kiely M. Relationships between vitamin D status and cardio-metabolic risk factors in young European adults. Ann Nutr Metab. 2011;58(2):85-93. doi: 10.1159/000324600. Epub 2011 Apr 8.
citation: Barnes MS, Horigan G, Cashman KD, Hill TR, Forsythe LK, Lucey AJ, McSorley EM, Kiely M, Bonham MP, Magee PJ, Strain JJ, Wallace JM. Maintenance of wintertime vitamin D status with cholecalciferol supplementation is not associated with alterations in serum cytokine concentrations among apparently healthy younger or older adults. J Nutr. 2011 Mar;141(3):476-81. doi: 10.3945/jn.110.131516. Epub 2011 Jan 26.
citation: Muldowney S, Kiely M. Vitamin D and cardiometabolic health: a review of the evidence. Nutr Res Rev. 2011 Jun;24(1):1-20. doi: 10.1017/S0954422410000259. Epub 2010 Dec 1.