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Status unknownNCT04778865Updated Mar 3, 2021

Effect of Treatment for Vitamin D Deficiency on Thyroid Function and Autoimmunity in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis.

An interventional study of Vitamin D-correction and Vitamin D-RDA in Hashimoto Disease, Treatment Levothyroxine and Vitamin D Deficiency, sponsored by Universidad de Valparaiso. Status unknown at 1 site in Chile. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 60 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-03-03.

Sponsored by Universidad de Valparaiso · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Feb 2021), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 3 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Nov 2020, registered Feb 2021).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 60 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of vitamin D supplementation on thyroid autoimmunity, thyroid function, and other metabolic and clinical variables associated with the thyroid axis in patients with Hashimoto's thyroiditis and vitamin D deficiency.

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Conditions studied

  • Hashimoto Disease
  • Treatment Levothyroxine
  • Vitamin D Deficiency

Keywords

  • Hashimoto Disease
  • Vitamin D
  • Antithyroid antibodies
  • Thyroid stimulating hormone
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In context

Hashimoto Disease

53 studies on the registry are indexed under Hashimoto Disease; 13 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 50 is below the median of 60 across 31 interventional studies indexed under Hashimoto Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Universidad de Valparaiso is the lead sponsor of 29 studies on the registry; 4 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 60 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes

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Inclusion criteria

  • women between 18-45 years old (pre-menopausal stage)
  • men between 18-60 years old
  • between 18.5-34.9 kg/ m2
  • medical diagnosis of Hashimoto's thyroiditis
  • treatment with levothyroxine (LT4) with stable dose (from four months from the start of the intervention)
  • positive antithyroid antibody (peroxidase and/or thyroglobulin)
  • serum 25 (OH) D levels \<20 ng / ml.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • radioiodine, thyroidectomy, antithyroid treatment
  • disease, condition or drug treatment that alters the immune system or hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid axis or vitamin D metabolism.
  • disorder of kidney, liver, or bone-metabolic function
  • Graves disease, toxic nodular goiter, postpartum thyroiditis, coronary heart disease, epilepsy, cancer, Turner or Down syndrome, primary hyperparathyroidism
  • vitamin D, calcium, complex B, omega-3 supplements
  • pregnant or breastfeeding
  • type 2 diabetes or dyslipidemia with drug treatment at unstable doses
  • intense physical activity
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(1)

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BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Crossover assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Vitamin D-correction

    Subjects will receive one capsule with 50.000 IU cholecalciferol weekly for 3 months.

    Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D-correction

  • Active comparator
    Vitamin D-RDA

    Subjects will receive one capsule with 4.200 IU cholecalciferol weekly for 3 months.

    Dietary Supplement: Vitamin D-RDA

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementVitamin D-correction

    Capsule with 50.000 UI cholecalciferol

  • Dietary supplementVitamin D-RDA

    Capsule with 4.2000 UI cholecalciferol

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline antithyroid antibodies at 3 months

    Anti-thyroid peroxidase and anti-thyroglobulin antibodies (UI/mL)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline Thyroid stimulating hormone at 3 months

    Serum Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) (uIU/mL)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  2. Change from baseline Free thyroxine at 3 months

    Serum Free thyroxine (FT4) (ng/dL)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  3. Change from baseline Total triiodothyronine at 3 months

    Serum Total triiodothyronine (T3) (ng/dL)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  4. Change from baseline Lipid profile at 3 months

    Lipid profile: It includes total cholesterol (mg/dl), high-density lipoprotein (HDL) (mg/dl), low-density lipoprotein (LDL) (mg/dl), very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) (mg/dl), and triglycerides (mg/dl).

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  5. Change from baseline glycemia at 3 months

    Fasting glycemia (mg/dl)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  6. Change from baseline ThyPro-39 at 3 months

    Questionnaire ThyPro-39 (Quality of Life Questionnaire for Patients with Thyroid Disease): ThyPRO-39 measures the severity of symptoms and overall health-related quality of life of patients with thyroid disease, self-reported during the previous 4 weeks through a questionnaire. Each item on the questionnaire is rated by a five-point Likert scale (not at all, a little, somewhat, quite a bit, very much/completely). ThyPRO-39 is made up of 39 items in13 scales: goiter symptoms; hyperthyroid symptoms; hypothyroid symptoms; eye symptoms; tiredness; cognitive complaints; anxiety; depressivity; emotional susceptibility; impaired social life; impaired daily life; cosmetic complaints/appearance; and overall quality of life (QoL)-impact scale.

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  7. Change from baseline SF-36 at 3 months

    Questionnaire SF-36: The Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) is a generic health-related quality of life (HRQL) questionnaires. The SF-36 Health Questionnaire is composed of 36 questions that assess health status through alternatives in items such as: Physical function, Physical role, Body pain, General health, Vitality, Social function, Emotional role and Mental health. Additionally, it includes an item on the change in general health status compared to the previous year.

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

Other outcomes

  1. Change from baseline 25(OH)D at 3 months

    25(OH)D (ng/mL)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  2. Change from baseline Parathormone at 3 months

    Parathormone (pg/mL)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  3. Change from baseline calcium at 3 months

    serum calcium (mg/dL)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

  4. Change from baseline phosphorus at 3 months

    phosphorus (mg/dL)

    Time frame: Basal and final (after 3 months)

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Escuela de Nutrición. Facultad de Farmacia. Universidad de Valparaíso.
    Valparaíso, Chile
    Recruiting
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 3, 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
NCT04778865
Lead sponsor
Universidad de Valparaiso
Responsible party
Claudia Vega Soto (Nutritionist, Universidad de Valparaiso) — Principal investigator
First posted
Mar 3, 2021
Start date
Nov 20, 2020
Primary completion
Dec 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2021 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 3, 2021

Study contacts

Isabella A Vicuña, Master
Contact
isabella.vicuna@uv.cl
56-976614192
Claudia A Vega, Master
Contact
claudia.vega@uv.cl
5632-2508440

Oversight

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