Efficacy of Vitamin D and Calcium Supplementation on the Prevention of Recurrences in BPPV

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2017-06-15
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the supplementation of vitamin D and calcium prevents recurrences of benign paroxysmal positional vertigo in patients with vitamin D deficiency/insufficiency.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Seoul National University Bundang Hospital
• Collaborator: Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Korea
• Treatments: Calcium; Calcium Carbonate; Calcium, Dietary; Cholecalciferol; Ergocalciferols; Vitamin D; Vitamins

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• age 18 years or older

• brief episodes of vertigo induced by head motion

• a typical positioning nystagmus characteristic of BPPV

• no supplementation of vitamin D or calcium at the time of recruitment

• informed consent to participate in this study

• subject treated by repositioning maneuver

Exclusion Criteria:

• other identifiable disorders of the central nervous system

• supplementation of vitamin D or calcium at the time of recruitment

• pregnancy

• a history of an allergic reaction, or a medically significant adverse reaction to the investigational product

• contraindication to cholecalciferol and calcium carbonate