Vitamin D3 may tame asthma in overweight teens
NCT ID NCT05431920
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether vitamin D3 supplements can improve asthma control in adolescents aged 12-17 who have obesity, non-allergic asthma, and vitamin D deficiency. Participants receive either a high or standard daily dose of vitamin D3 for three months. Researchers will measure asthma symptoms, lung function, and asthma attack rates to see if supplementation helps.
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 (oral supplement)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a simple, low-cost vitamin D supplement to help control asthma in teens with obesity and vitamin D deficiency.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage trial with only 264 participants. Results may not apply to all teens, and high-dose vitamin D can cause side effects like kidney stones or high calcium levels.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 264 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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12 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Adolescents of 12 to 17 years old. * Diagnosis of exogen obesity with a body mass index (BMI) greater than percentile 95 for age and sex, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) graphics, that precedes the diagnosis of asthma. * Plasmatic concentration of 25-hydroxyvitamin D less than 30 ng/ml at screening visit based on local laboratory test. * Physician-diagnosed asthma, with more than 6 months of evolution, based on medical history, physical examination, clinical criteria according to the Global Initiative For Asthma 2020 (GINA) and confirmed with a spirometry with reversibility after the administration of a bronchodilator. * Asthma severity (intermittent or mild persistent or moderate persistent) according to the National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) and classified as controlled, partly controlled or uncontrolled according to GINA 2020. * Negative allergic skin tests. Exclusion Criteria: * History of systemic or chronic degenerative disease (renal, pulmonar, cardiovascular, infectious, muscular, immunological, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, cancer, nonalcoholic fatty liver disease). * Current treatment with immunomodulators or immunostimulants, up to 6 months before the intervention. * History of adverse effects to vitamin D. * Treatment with oral steroids 3 months previous to the enrollment. * Active smoking. Elimination criteria: * Parents, tutors, legal guardians or participants that decide to withdraw from the study any time. * Pregnancy during study. * Severe adverse effects to vitamin D.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez
Mexico City, Mexico City, 06720, Mexico
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