Effect of cholecalciferol supplementation on inflammation and cellular alloimmunity in hemodialysis patients : data from a randomized controlled pilot trial

BACKGROUND: Memory T-cells are mediators of transplant injury, and no therapy is known to prevent the development of cross-reactive memory alloimmunity. Activated vitamin D is immunomodulatory, and vitamin D deficiency, common in hemodialysis patients awaiting transplantation, is associated with a heightened alloimmune response. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that vitamin D3 supplementation would prevent alloreactive T-cell memory formation in vitamin D-deficient hemodialysis patients.

METHODS AND FINDINGS: We performed a 12-month single-center pilot randomized, controlled trial of 50,000 IU/week of cholecalciferol (D3) versus no supplementation in 96 hemodialysis patients with serum 25(OH)D<25 ng/mL, measuring effects on serum 25(OH)D and phenotypic and functional properties of T-cells. Participants were randomized 2:1 to active treatment versus control. D3 supplementation increased serum 25(OH)D at 6 weeks (13.5 [11.2] ng/mL to 42.5 [18.5] ng/mL, p<0.001) and for the duration of the study. No episodes of sustained hypercalcemia occurred in either group. Results of IFNγ ELISPOT-based panel of reactive T-cell assays (PRT), quantifying alloreactive memory, demonstrated greater increases in the controls over 1 year compared to the treatment group (delta PRT in treatment 104.8+/-330.8 vs 252.9+/-431.3 in control), but these changes in PRT between groups did not reach statistical significance (p = 0.25).

CONCLUSIONS: D3 supplements are safe, effective at treating vitamin D deficiency, and may prevent time-dependent increases in T-cell alloimmunity in hemodialysis patients, but their effects on alloimmunity need to be confirmed in larger studies. These findings support the routine supplementation of vitamin D-deficient transplant candidates on hemodialysis and highlight the need for large-scale prospective studies of vitamin D supplementation in transplant candidates and recipients.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01175798.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:9

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PloS one - 9(2014), 10 vom: 07., Seite e109998

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Lily [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Marvin [VerfasserIn]
Krassilnikova, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Ostrow, Katya [VerfasserIn]
Bader, Amanda [VerfasserIn]
Radbill, Brian [VerfasserIn]
Uribarri, Jaime [VerfasserIn]
Tokita, Joji [VerfasserIn]
Leisman, Staci [VerfasserIn]
Lapsia, Vijay [VerfasserIn]
Albrecht, Randy A [VerfasserIn]
García-Sastre, Adolfo [VerfasserIn]
Branch, Andrea D [VerfasserIn]
Heeger, Peter S [VerfasserIn]
Mehrotra, Anita [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1C6V77QF41
Cholecalciferol
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 09.10.2015

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Electronic-eCollection

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01175798

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0109998

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM242602150