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Administrative data

NCT number NCT03388203
Other study ID # 0055719-BZ
Secondary ID
Status Completed
Phase N/A
First received December 18, 2017
Last updated December 29, 2017
Start date January 2015
Est. completion date June 2017

Study information

Verified date December 2017
Source Azienda Ospedaliera di Bolzano
Contact n/a
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The present study assessed serum 25(OH)D in a cohort of 74235 outpatients by liquid-chromatography-tandem-mass-spectrometry (LC-MS/MS).

The investigators studied the distribution of serum 25(OH)D concentrations in males and females of different age groups, the prevalence of measurable amounts of 25(OH)D2 and seasonal variability.


Description:

Measurements were performed under routine circumstances. Samples were collected in serum tubes with clot-activator. As per routine procedure, samples were centrifuged upon arrival in the lab and stored at 4° C until measurement. 25(OH)D3 and 25(OH)D2 were quantitated separately. Results from subjects <18 years were excluded from the analysis. The study was approved by the local Ethics Committee.


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Completed
Enrollment 74235
Est. completion date June 2017
Est. primary completion date December 2016
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group 18 Years and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria:

- >18 years, outpatients;

Exclusion Criteria:

- <18 years, inpatients;

Study Design


Related Conditions & MeSH terms

  • 25(OH)D Measurement and 25(OH)D Deficiency

Intervention

Diagnostic Test:
25(OH)D measurement, PTH measurement
25(OH)D analyses by LC-MS/MS were performed as part of our routine clinical work with a commercial kit from Recipe (Munich, Germany) ; PTH was measured in lithium-heparin plasma using the PTH STAT assay from Roche Diagnostics (Mannheim, Germany) on a Cobas 8000 auto-analyzer.

Locations

Country Name City State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Azienda Ospedaliera di Bolzano

References & Publications (7)

Farrell C, Soldo J, Williams P, Herrmann M. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D testing: challenging the performance of current automated immunoassays. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2012 Nov;50(11):1953-63. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2012-0522. — View Citation

Farrell CJ, Martin S, McWhinney B, Straub I, Williams P, Herrmann M. State-of-the-art vitamin D assays: a comparison of automated immunoassays with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry methods. Clin Chem. 2012 Mar;58(3):531-42. doi: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.172155. Epub 2012 Jan 9. — View Citation

Giovannucci E, Liu Y, Rimm EB, Hollis BW, Fuchs CS, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC. Prospective study of predictors of vitamin D status and cancer incidence and mortality in men. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006 Apr 5;98(7):451-9. — View Citation

Hilger J, Friedel A, Herr R, Rausch T, Roos F, Wahl DA, Pierroz DD, Weber P, Hoffmann K. A systematic review of vitamin D status in populations worldwide. Br J Nutr. 2014 Jan 14;111(1):23-45. doi: 10.1017/S0007114513001840. Epub 2013 Aug 9. Review. — View Citation

Holick MF, Binkley NC, Bischoff-Ferrari HA, Gordon CM, Hanley DA, Heaney RP, Murad MH, Weaver CM; Endocrine Society. Evaluation, treatment, and prevention of vitamin D deficiency: an Endocrine Society clinical practice guideline. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Jul;96(7):1911-30. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-0385. Epub 2011 Jun 6. Erratum in: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2011 Dec;96(12):3908. — View Citation

Powe CE, Karumanchi SA, Thadhani R. Vitamin D-binding protein and vitamin D in blacks and whites. N Engl J Med. 2014 Feb 27;370(9):880-1. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1315850. — View Citation

Yetley EA. Assessing the vitamin D status of the US population. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Aug;88(2):558S-564S. Review. — View Citation

Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary 25(OH)D measurement Describe the 25(OH)D status in South-Tyrol,a region in central Europe, by a rigorously controlled, NIST 972a aligned LC-MS/MS method. 2015-2016