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Knee replacement not helped by 2,000 IU of vitamin D (both too late and too little) – RCT July 2018

Recovery after unilateral knee replacement due to severe osteoarthritis and progression in the contralateral knee: a randomised clinical trial comparing daily 2000 IU versus 800 IU vitamin D

RMD Open 2018;4:e000678. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000678
Heike A Bischoff-Ferrari1,2,3, E John Orav4, Andreas Egli1,2, Bess Dawson-Hughes5, Karina Fischer2, Hannes B Staehelin6, Rene Rizzoli7, Juerg Hodler8, Arnold von Eckardstein9, Gregor Freystaetter1,2, Ursina Meyer1,2, Thomas Guggi10, Peter Burckhardt11, Simeon Schietzel1,2, Patricia Chocano-Bedoya1,2, Robert Theiler1,2, Walter C Willett12 and David Felson13

VitaminDWiki Observation

Vitamin can help if the level if high enough during the healing process
This trial did not start until 6-8 weeks after surgery

  • This trial did not use a loading dose, so the vitamin D level did not get to the level where healing could be helped until :~5 months after surgery 6-8 weeks + 12 weeks


Objective To test whether daily high-dose vitamin D improves recovery after unilateral total knee replacement.

Methods Data come from a 24-month randomised, double-blind clinical trial. Adults aged 60 and older undergoing unilateral joint replacement due to severe knee osteoarthritis were 6–8 weeks after surgery randomly assigned to receive daily high-dose (2000 IU) or standard-dose (800 IU) vitamin D3. The primary endpoints were symptoms (Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index pain and function scores) assessed at baseline, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months in both knees, and the rate of falls over 24 months. The secondary outcomes were sit-to-stand performance, gait speed, physical activity and radiographic progression in the contralateral knee.

Results We recruited 273 participants, 137 were randomised to receive 2000 IU and 136 were randomised to receive 800 IU vitamin D per day. 2000 IU vitamin D increased 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels to 45.6 ng/mL and 800 IU vitamin D to 37.1 ng/mL at month 24 (p<0.0001). While symptoms improved significantly in the operated knee and remained stable in the contralateral knee over time, none of the primary or secondary endpoints differed by treatment group over time. The rate of falls over 24 months was 1.05 with 2000 IU and 1.07 with 800 IU (p=0.84). 30.5% of participants in the 2000 IU and 31.3% of participants in the 800 IU group had radiographic progression in the contralateral knee over 24 months (p=0.88).

Conclusions Our findings suggest that a 24-month treatment with daily 2000 IU vitamin D did not show greater benefits or harm than a daily standard dose of 800 IU among older adults undergoing unilateral total knee replacement.


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