Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Malcolm Law
ORCID ID
Contact details
Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine
Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine
St Bartholomew's and The Royal London School of Medicine and Dentistry
Charterhouse Square
London
EC1M 6BQ
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7882 6281
M.R.Law@mds.qmw.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
97/02A
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Treatment
Patient information sheet
Condition
Hip fractures
Intervention
1. Treated group receive cholecalciferol 2.5 mg every 3 months
2. No intervention in control group
Intervention type
Supplement
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Vitamin D supplementation
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2004
Overall trial end date
01/01/2006
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
All residents of residential homes except those with known hypercalcaemia, myeloma, sarcoidosis and cancer
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2004
Recruitment end date
01/01/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine
London
EC1M 6BQ
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust (UK)
Sponsor details
24 Manchester Square
London
W1U 3TH
United Kingdom
+44 (0)20 7487 5851
julesthorntrust@compuserve.com
Sponsor type
Charity
Website
Funders
Funder type
Charity
Funder name
The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
Results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=16641143
Publication citations
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Results
Law M, Withers H, Morris J, Anderson F, Vitamin D supplementation and the prevention of fractures and falls: results of a randomised trial in elderly people in residential accommodation., Age Ageing, 2006, 35, 5, 482-486, doi: 10.1093/ageing/afj080.