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CompletedNCT04477811Updated Jul 21, 2021

Comparative Study Evaluating the Effect of Vitamin K1 Versus Vitamin K2 on Vascular Calcification in Dialysis Patients

A Phase 2/3 interventional study of Vitamin K1 and Vitamin k2 in End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis, sponsored by Ain Shams University. Completed at 1 site in Egypt. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-07-21.

Sponsored by Ain Shams University · Phase 2/3, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2/3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 14 studies in Kidney Failure, Chronic by Ain Shams University — 3 open to participants now, 4 under way, 1 of them phase 3. Kidney Failure, Chronic · Ain Shams University.

Enrollment
10th of 13
40 · median 60
Started
2020
the only one that year
Phase 2/3
2 of 14
none open now
Registered
4th of 14
by date

Among the 14 studies in Kidney Failure, Chronic by Ain Shams University, this one is the 10th largest by enrollment of the 13 interventional ones that give a count, is the only one that started in 2020, is one of 2 in phase 2/3, and was the 4th registered.

Kidney Failure, Chronic

2,108 studies on the registry are indexed under Kidney Failure, Chronic; 273 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

3 of the 14 studies in Kidney Failure, Chronic by Ain Shams University are open now, in 1 country. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Where they have run

Who these studies take

Of the 170 Kidney Failure, Chronic studies recruiting now, 109 (64%) set no upper age limit and 32 (19%) stop at 75 or younger; 18 take children under 18; 22 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years to 75 Years · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

To evaluate the effect of supplementation of vitamin K2 (menaquinone, MK-7)vs vitamin k1 on circulating levels of calcification regulators and to assess their safety in patients on regular dialysis patients.

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Vascular calcification has emerged as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, especially in chronic kidney disease .

It has a predictive value of poor prognoses and clinical outcomes in CKD patients such as overall mortality and even poor arteriovenous graft maturation .

Vitamin K is essential for the activation of matrix Gla protein (MGP), a powerful inhibitor of tissue calcification, functional vitamin K deficiency may contribute to high vascular calcification (VC) burden in haemodialysis patients; this is process in which mineral is pathologically deposited in blood vessels, mainly in large elastic and muscular arteries such as the aorta and the coronary, carotid, and peripheral arteries.

it is Prospective, Randomized,Placebo Controlled Study

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Conditions studied

  • End Stage Renal Disease on Dialysis
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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Both sexes aged between 18-75 years
  2. Patients on HD greater than 3 months at least.
  3. Stable clinical condition (no hospitalization in the previous 3 months)

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. to vitamin k
  2. Participant in an another clinical trial within the past 4 weeks.
  3. Judged to be unsuitable as a subject by the attending physician.
  4. Patients taking warfarin
  5. Patients with known intestinal malabsorption
  6. Patients with hypercoagulable state
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2 / Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
40 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    vitamin k1

    vitamin k1 will be given 10 mg thrice a week for 3 months

    Drug: Vitamin K1

  • Active comparator
    vitamin k2

    vitamin k2 (menaquinone) will be given 90 ug per day orally

    Drug: Vitamin k2

  • Placebo comparator
    placebo

    placebo will be given daily per oral for 3 months

    Other: placebo

Interventions

  • vitamin k1 tablets

    Also known as: Phylloquinone

  • vitamin k2 45 ug tablets twice daily

    Also known as: menaquinone

  • Otherplacebo

    placebo tablets

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. change in serum level of Uncarboxylated MGP

    Measuring the change in serum level of Uncarboxylated MGP as a marker for calcification

    Time frame: change between baseline and after 3 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. parathyroid hormone

    measuring change in serum PTH

    Time frame: change between baseline and after 3 months

  2. serum calcium level

    measuring the change in serum calcium level

    Time frame: change between baseline and after 3 months

  3. serum phosphate level

    measuring the change in phosphate level

    Time frame: change between baseline and after 3 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Ainshams University
    Cairo, 02, Egypt
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References and documents

Publications

  • Palit S, Kendrick J. Vascular calcification in chronic kidney disease: role of disordered mineral metabolism. Curr Pharm Des. 2014;20(37):5829-33. doi: 10.2174/1381612820666140212194926. PubMed 24533939 ↗
  • McCabe KM, Adams MA, Holden RM. Vitamin K status in chronic kidney disease. Nutrients. 2013 Nov 7;5(11):4390-8. doi: 10.3390/nu5114390. PubMed 24212088 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Jul 2020 to primary completion in Nov 2020, 3 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 13, 2020
First posted
Jul 20, 2020
StartActual
Jul 25, 2020
Primary completionActual
Nov 1, 2020
CompletionActual
Jan 1, 2021
Last update
Jul 21, 2021
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 21, 2021, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT04477811
Responsible party
Sarah Farid (clinical professor, Ain Shams University) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 20, 2020
Start date
Jul 25, 2020
Primary completion
Nov 1, 2020
Completion
Jan 1, 2021
Last update
Jul 21, 2021

Study contacts

sarah fahmy
principal investigator · Ain Shams University

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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