Clinical Trial: Effects of Vitamin D Replacement in Patients With Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)

Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Pilot Study to Detect and Assess the Effect of Vitamin D Replacement on Gland Size by 4DCT in Patients With Primary Hyperparathyroidism (PHPT)

Brief Summary: The goal of this clinical research study is to learn how the standard practice of giving Vitamin D supplements to patients with a Vitamin D deficiency may affect the size of the parathyroid glands in patients with PHPT and a Vitamin D deficiency.

Detailed Summary:

The Study Vitamin:

In patients with PHPT and a Vitamin D deficiency, Vitamin D supplements are routinely given to bring Vitamin D blood levels up to a normal level before surgery on any abnormal parathyroid glands. When patients have Vitamin D deficiency, they do not absorb calcium very well, so the parathyroid glands have to work harder. This may cause the parathyroid glands to become larger.

Baseline:

If you are found to be eligible to take part in this study, as part of your routine standard of care, you will have a 4-dimensional computed tomography (4DCT) scan of the neck. This 4DCT will be used to find the size and location of your parathyroid glands to help the surgeon in planning the surgery.

Vitamin D Administration:

You will receive Vitamin D pills to take at home, by mouth. You should take the Vitamin D at the same time each day. If it causes an upset stomach, you should take it with food.

You will be given a study diary to record the days that you take the Vitamin D pills. You will return the diary at the end of each cycle.

Cycle 1:

During Cycle 1 (about the first 3 weeks of the study, +/- 1 week), you will take 3 Vitamin D pills per week about every other day (for example, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays).

At the end of Cycle 1, blood (about 1 teaspoon) will be drawn to check Vitamin D levels.

If your Vitamin D level is not high enough at this first Cycle 1 study visit, you will repeat the Cycle 1 dosing schedule a se
Sponsor: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Current Primary Outcome: Size of parathyroid glands [ Time Frame: Baseline to 3-months post treatment ]

Size of individual gland recorded while only the gland with maximum size at baseline included for analysis of primary endpoint. With sample size of 22, a two-sided 95% confidence interval for mean changes in size of parathyroid glands will extend 2.09 from observed mean, assuming that standard deviation is known to be 5 and confidence interval is based on the z statistic. Parameters for parathyroid glands compared pre- and post-replacement on an individual, gland-by-gland basis.


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Information By: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

Dates:
Date Received: October 2, 2007
Date Started: October 2007
Date Completion:
Last Updated: September 20, 2016
Last Verified: September 2016