Vitamin D and the Influenza Epidemic

University of Tromso569 enrolled

Overview

Subjects included in ongoing vitamin d intervention trials were asked by questionnaire if they were ill with influenza during the winter season 2009/2010 to see if vitamin d supplementation prevented flu like disease.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

QUADRUPLE

Enrollment

569

Conditions

Influenza

Interventions

choleclaciferolDRUG

800-6000 IU cholecalciferol per day

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 20 YearsMax age: 80 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * participant in vitamin D versus placebo study Exclusion Criteria: * none

Locations (1)

University of Tromsø

Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

influenza during the winter season 2009/2010

Time frame: up to 30 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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