500,000 IU of vitamin D cut in half the hospital days following a lung failure – RCT 2015

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial Of High-Dose Vitamin D In Lung Failure

Jenny E. Han , MD.MSc 1 , , 2 , Jennifer L. Jones , PhD, RD 3 , Mona Brown , BSN 4 , Vin Tangpricha , MD, PhD 3 , Lou Ann Brown , PhD 4 , Li Hao , MD 3 , Gautam Hebbar , MD,MPH 5 , Shuling Liu , MS 4 , Thomas R. Ziegler , MD 5 , Gregory S. Martin , MD MSc 4 ,
Publication Date: 2015

Presented at American Thoracic Society meeting in Denver

Small Random Controlled Trial
31 patients – average 21 ng Vitamin D
Vitamin D loading dose spread over 5 days

	500,000 IU	250,000 IU	0 IU
Length of stay	18 days	25 days	36 days
Vitamin D @ 14 days	62 ng	29 ng	21 ng

Note: days and ng are correct, and different than in the submitted abstract

A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of High-Dose Vitamin D in Lung Failure,

J.E. Han, MD.MSc, J.L. Jones, PhD, RD, M. Brown, BSN, V. Tangpricha, MD, PhD, L.A. Brown, PhD, L. Hao, MD, G. Hebbar, MD,MPH, S. Liu, MS, T.R. Ziegler, MD, G.S. Martin, MD MSc
Atlanta, GA/US

Rationale: Immune dysfunction and nosocomial infections are important contributors to short-term and long-term survival after critical illness. Cost-effective adjunctive therapies that can be rapidly implemented to improve the host response are imperative. It is now well established that vitamin D has pleotrophic effects on immune cells by upregulation of antimicrobial peptides, (e.g. LL-37).

Methods: We completed a double blind, randomized, controlled trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of two doses of vitamin D3 (total 250,000 IU or 500,000 IU over 5 days,) versus placebo in adult critically ill patients with respiratory failure. Our purpose was to determine whether high-dose vitamin D3 would increase plasma 25(OH)D and LL-37 levels (measured by chemiluminescence and ELISA, respectively) without adverse effects and whether this would improve clinical outcomes [hospital and ICU length of stay (LOS), ventilator days, SOFA score, hospital infection rate].

Results: 31 subjects were enrolled and completed the treatment protocol. Mean age was 62.9, 61% male, 47% Black, 42% surgical patients, 43% infection on admission, mean APACHE I I score 22.4 and mean SOFA 7.6. These were equally balanced across all groups except for race. Aggregated mean values of 25 (OH)D and LL-37 were greater with Vitamin D3 treatment. (Table 1)

Table 1. 25(OH)D and LL-37 and Clinical Outcomes Across Groups (Just top portion of the table).

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Loading dose: 207 studies at VitaminDWiki

Vitamin D loading dose (stoss therapy) proven to improve health overview
If a person is or is suspected to be, very vitamin D deficient a loading dose should be given

• Loading = restore = quick replacement by 1 or more doses
• Loading doses range in total size from 100,000 IU to 1,000,000 IU of Vitamin D3
  • = 2.5 to 25 milligrams
• The size of the loading dose is a function of body weight - see below
  • Unfortunately, some doctors persist in using Vitamin D2 instead of D3
• Loading may be done as quickly as a single day (Stoss), to as slowly as 3 months.
  • It appears that spreading the loading dose over 4+ days is slightly better if speed is not essential
• Loading is typically oral, but can be Injection (I.M,) and Topical
• Loading dose is ~3X faster if done topically or swished inside of the mouth
  • Skips the slow process of stomach and intestine, and might even skip liver and Kidney as well
• The loading dose persists in the body for 1 - 3 months
  • The loading dose should be followed up with on-going maintenance dosing
  • Unfortunately, many doctors fail to follow-up with the maintenance dosing.
• About 1 in 300 people have some form of a mild allergic reaction to vitamin D supplements, including loading doses
  • it appears prudent to test with a small amount of vitamin D before giving a loading dose
  • The causes of a mild allergic reaction appear to be: (in order of occurrence)
  • 1) lack of magnesium - which can be easily added
  • 2) allergy to capsule contents - oil, additives (powder does not appear to cause any reaction)
  • 3) allergy to the tiny amount of D3 itself (allergy to wool) ( alternate: D3 made from plants )
  • 4) allergy of the gut to Vitamin D - alternative = topical
• Loading Dose of Vitamin D category listing has 207 items along with related searches

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