Oral vitamin D supplementation on the prevention of peritoneal dialysis-related peritonitis: A pilot randomised controlled trial.

What Was Tested

Researchers studied Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc in this randomized controlled trial publication.

Their objective is to examine the feasibility of conducting a large, randomised controlled trial to determine the effects of vitamin D supplementation on the risk of PD-related peritonitis.

Who Took Part

Patients receiving PD who had recovered from a recent episode of peritonitis between 30 September 2017 and 28 May 2020.

How the Study Was Run

The design is described as randomized, double-blind, open-label and pilot.

Random assignment meant chance, not the researchers, decided who got Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc and who got the comparison, which limits bias.

Blinding on both sides kept the participants and researchers unaware of who received Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

Nothing was hidden in this open-label Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc study: the participants and staff both knew the treatment.

It is described as a pilot, a small early test of whether a larger Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc study would be practical.

Pilot, prospective, open-label randomised controlled trial.

Peking University First Hospital, China.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Pilot Projects, Peritoneal Dialysis, Vitamin D, Peritonitis, Dietary Supplements and Vitamin D Deficiency.

Author keywords: 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, kidney diseases, natural vitamin D3 and randomised controlled trial.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized, double-blind and open-label study of Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc.

Results are reported in around 7 sentences of the abstract; we leave them to the paper itself rather than summarise them.

The publication is from 2024 (Peritoneal dialysis international : journal of the International Society for Peritoneal Dialysis), a journal based in United States.

More context: the Vitamin D, K2, Magnesium and Zinc compound page, all human trials.