Footballers get mega vitamin d dose in exercise study
NCT ID NCT07310329
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This pilot study gave 20 professional football players either a single high dose of vitamin D or a placebo before a match. Researchers measured how vitamin D levels changed in their blood. The goal was to see how exercise affects vitamin D metabolism, not to treat any disease.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Vitamin D₃ (cholecalciferol)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help understand how exercise and vitamin D interact in athletes, possibly guiding future supplementation strategies.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very small pilot study in healthy athletes, not designed to test health outcomes. Results may not apply to the general population.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Wroclaw University of Health and Sport Sciences
Wroclaw, Dolnyśląsk, 51-612, Poland
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