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Immunological Effects of Vitamin D Replacement Among Black/African American Prostate Cancer Patients

MC210501 Differences in Immunological Effects of Vitamin D Replacement Among Black/ African American (AA) Prostate Cancer Patients With Localized Versus Metastatic Disease

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT05045066
Enrollment
220
Registered
2021-09-16
Start date
2021-12-29
Completion date
2029-08-31
Last updated
2026-06-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Localized Prostate Carcinoma, Locally Recurrent Prostate Carcinoma, Metastatic Prostate Carcinoma, Stage IV Prostate Cancer AJCC v8

Brief summary

This early phase I is to find out how common vitamin D insufficiency is among African American patients with a history of prostate cancer that has not spread to other parts of the body (localized) or has spread to other places in the body (metastatic) and how vitamin D insufficiency affects the immune system. This study also aims to find out if replacing vitamin D results in normalization of the immune function. Information from this study may benefit prostate cancer patients by identifying vitamin D insufficiency which in several studies had been found to contribute to more aggressive prostate cancers.

Detailed description

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: I. Determine the changes in circulating immunological cell function among patients with vitamin D insufficiency and the effects of vitamin D replacement on those changes. SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the prevalence of vitamin D insufficiency among black / African American (AA) prostate cancer patients. II. Determine if there are differences in the peripheral blood immunological cell function in black/AA patients with metastatic or locally recurrent prostate cancer compared to those with localized prostate cancer. III. Determine if vitamin D replacement is associated with improvement in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) progression free survival (PSA-PFS) of black/AA patients with prostate cancer with detectable changes in immune response compared to those with no detectable changes in immune response and compared to stage matched historical controls. CORRELATIVE OBJECTIVE: I. Determine if there are differences in the peripheral blood immunological cell function in Black/AA patients compared to West African/Black patients from Nigeria. OUTLINE: Patients with low vitamin D3 levels receive cholecalciferol orally (PO) daily for 8 weeks in the absence of unacceptable toxicity. Patients undergo blood sample collection throughout the study. After completion of study treatment, patients are followed up at 56 days and then annually for 3 years.

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENTCholecalciferol

Given PO

OTHERQuality-of-Life Assessment

Ancillary studies

PROCEDUREBiospecimen Collection

Undergo blood sample collection

Sponsors

Mayo Clinic
Lead SponsorOTHER
Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs
CollaboratorFED

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Pre-Registration: * African American males, age \>= 18 years * Patients with a previous history of localized or metastatic or locally recurrent prostate cancer * Registration: * Patients with Vitamin D levels below 30 ng/ml

Exclusion criteria

* Pre-Registration: * Known hypersensitivity to vitamin D * End stage renal failure on dialysis * Liver cirrhosis * Currently taking a vitamin D or multivitamin supplement, that has more than 400 IU/10mcg of vitamin D daily for the past month * Legal inability or restricted legal ability, medical or psychological conditions not allowing proper study completion or informed consent signature * Chemotherapy or surgery or radiation within the last 3 weeks prior to blood collection * History of hypercalcemia * Registration: * Chemotherapy or surgery or radiation within the last 3 weeks prior to blood collection

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in circulating immunological cell functionBaseline; 8 weeksParticipants will have blood drawn to measure serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25OHD) and to determine immune response. Laboratory endpoints for the levels of antigen-specific T cells and antibodies before and after vitamin D supplementation will be compared. A participant will be considered to have responded if they have developed a ≥3-fold increase in antigen-specific T cells or antibodies at 8 weeks. If T-cell immunity is undetectable, a positive response will be defined as ≥50 antigen-specific T cells/million PBMCs.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Prevalence of vitamin D insufficiencyBaseline; 8 weeksParticipants will have blood drawn to measure serum levels of 25OHD. The mean and median 25OHD level will be estimated, as well as the percentage of participants that have low vitamin D levels (\<30 ng/mL).
Differences in the peripheral blood immunological cell functionBaseline; 8 weeksLevels of antigen-specific T cells and antibodies before and after vitamin D supplementation will be compared between black/AA patients with metastatic or locally recurrent prostate cancer and those with localized prostate cancer
Vitamin D replacement association with PSA progression free survival (PSA-PFS)Up to 3 yearsParticipants with detectable changes in immune response will be compared to those with no detectable changes in immune response and compared to stage-matched historical controls to determine whether vitamin D replacement is associated with improvement in PFA-PFS.

Countries

United States

Contacts

CONTACTClinical Trials Referral Office
mayocliniccancerstudies@mayo.edu855-776-0015
CONTACTCancer Center Clinical Trials
866-273-4681 or 507-266-4000
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORGerardo Colon-Otero, M.D.

Mayo Clinic

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Jun 9, 2026