Best-D - Biochemical Efficacy and Safety Trial of Vitamin D

For Participants

Everything you need to know if you’re either taking part or interested in participating in the Best-D trial

The Team

Meet the team who are responsible for this clincial trial

For GPs

Information for clinicians regarding the aims, outcomes and criteria regarding the Best-D trial

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The aim of this study is to find out the daily dose of vitamin D needed in older people to maintain blood levels of vitamin D similar to those seen in healthy younger people at the end of the summer months. We will use this information to plan a much larger study of this dose of vitamin D to see whether several years of such treatment can prevent fractures and heart disease.

Our most recent research paper entitled 'Estimation of the optimum dose of vitamin D for disease prevention in older people: Rationale, design & baseline characteristics of the BEST-D trial' has been accepted in Maturitas (International journal of midlife health and beyond). It was written by Robert Clarke, Connie Newman, Joseph Tomson, Harold Hin, Rijo Kurien, Jolyon Cox, Michael Lay, Jenny Sayer, Michael Hill, Jonathan Emberson, and Jane Armitage. Please visit our Publications page for more information.

07/02/2015

We held a participant meeting at Banbury Town Hall on 9 January 2015 - see the meeting report for more information.

09/01/2015