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          date_enrolment,type_enrolment,target_size,recruitment_status,url?,study_type,study_design,phase,hc_freetext?,i_freetext?,results_actual_enrolment,results_date_completed,results_url_link,results_summary,           results_date_posted,results_date_first_publication,results_baseline_char,results_participant_flow,results_adverse_events,results_outcome_measures,results_url_protocol,results_IPD_plan, results_IPD_description)>
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<!ELEMENT primary_sponsor (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT acronym (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_title (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT scientific_acronym (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT hc_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT i_freetext (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_actual_enrolment (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_date_completed (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
<!ELEMENT results_url_link (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_summary (#PCDATA)>
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<!ELEMENT results_date_first_publication (#PCDATA)><!-- dd/mm/yyyy -->
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<!ELEMENT results_participant_flow (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_adverse_events (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_outcome_measures (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_url_protocol (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_plan (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT results_IPD_description (#PCDATA)>


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<!ELEMENT address (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT city (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT country1 (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT zip (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT telephone (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT email (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT affiliation (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT agemax (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT gender (#PCDATA)>
<!ELEMENT exclusion_criteria (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT hc_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT health_condition_keyword (hc_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT hc_keyword (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_code (i_code+)>
<!ELEMENT i_code (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT intervention_keyword (i_keyword+)>
<!ELEMENT i_keyword (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT primary_outcome (prim_outcome+)>
<!ELEMENT prim_outcome (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT secondary_outcome (sec_outcome+)>
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<!ELEMENT secondary_sponsor (sponsor_name+)>
<!ELEMENT sponsor_name (#PCDATA)>

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<!ELEMENT issuing_authority (#PCDATA)>

<!ELEMENT source_support (source_name+)>
<!ELEMENT source_name (#PCDATA)>

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  <trial>
    <main>
      <trial_id>IRCT201405251485N13</trial_id>
      <utrn></utrn>
      <reg_name>IRCT</reg_name>
      <date_registration>2017-03-14</date_registration>
      <primary_sponsor>Vice chancellor for Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</primary_sponsor>
      <public_title>The effect of vitamin D supplementation on liver fibrosis in non-alcoholic fatty liver patients</public_title>
      <acronym>-</acronym>
      <scientific_title>The effect of vitamin D supplementation on serum concentrations of fibrogenic factors, vitamin D receptor and liver-related micro-RNAs in non-alcoholic fatty liver patients</scientific_title>
      <scientific_acronym></scientific_acronym>
      <date_enrolment>2017-04-21</date_enrolment>
      <type_enrolment>anticipated</type_enrolment>
      <target_size>46</target_size>
      <recruitment_status>Complete</recruitment_status>
      <url>https://irct.ir/trial/772</url>
      <study_type>interventional</study_type>
      <study_design>Randomization: Randomized, Blinding: Double blinded, Placebo: Used, Assignment: Parallel, Purpose: Treatment, Other design features: -.</study_design>
      <phase>2-3</phase>
      <hc_freetext>Non-alcoholic fatty liver.</hc_freetext>
      <i_freetext>Intervention 1: Intervention group will receive daily 1 tablets of vitamin D with meal for 12 weeks. Vitamin D tablets will be purchased from the Pars minoo Company. All the patients will be monitored for consumption of tablets by daily checklists and recall messages. Intervention 2: The control group will receive daily 1 tablets of placebo with meal for 12 weeks. placebo tablets will be purchased from the Pars minoo Company. All the patients will be monitored for consumption of tablets by daily checklists and recall messages.</i_freetext>
      <results_actual_enrolment></results_actual_enrolment>
      <results_date_completed></results_date_completed>
      <results_url_link></results_url_link>
      <results_summary></results_summary>
      <results_date_posted></results_date_posted>
      <results_date_first_publication></results_date_first_publication>
      <results_baseline_char></results_baseline_char>
      <results_participant_flow></results_participant_flow>
      <results_adverse_events></results_adverse_events>
      <results_outcome_measures></results_outcome_measures>
      <results_url_protocol></results_url_protocol>
      <results_IPD_plan></results_IPD_plan>
      <results_IPD_description></results_IPD_description>
    </main>
    <contacts>
      <contact>
        <type>public</type>
        <firstname>Dr. Ahmad Esmaillzadeh</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Keshavarz Beulvard, Naderi St, Hojjatdoust alley, No 44 , schools of nutritional sciences and dietetics</address>
        <city>Tehran</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>-</zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 8895 5569</telephone>
        <email>a.esmaillzadeh@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
      <contact>
        <type>scientific</type>
        <firstname>Dr. Ahmad Esmaillzadeh</firstname>
        <middlename></middlename>
        <lastname></lastname>
        <address>Keshavarz Beulvard, Naderi St, Hojjatdoust alley, No 44 , schools of nutritional sciences and dietetics</address>
        <city>Tehran</city>
        <country1>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country1>
        <zip>-</zip>
        <telephone>+98 21 8895 5569</telephone>
        <email>a.esmaillzadeh@gmail.com</email>
        <affiliation>Tehran University of Medical Sciences</affiliation>
      </contact>
    </contacts>
    <countries>
      <country2>Iran (Islamic Republic of)</country2>
    </countries>
    <criteria>
      <inclusion_criteria>Inclusion criteria consists of: age between 20 and 60 years old, non- alcoholic fatty liver disease diagnosed by a radiologist and hepatologist using ultrasonography into one of three categories (grade 2 or 3); vitamin D deficiency or insufficiency and Exclusion criteria are: alcohol and tobacco consumption; Pregnancy; lactation; history of viral hepatitis, acute or chronic liver failure; cholestasis; liver transplantation; habitual abuse of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs; antibiotics; anti-secretory drugs cause achlorhydria within 9 months before the study; Corticosteroids; using hormonal drugs such as estrogen; hereditary hemochromatosis and Wilson disease; alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency; diabetes; history of heart failure; kidney disease and kidney stones; malignancy or neoplasia; consumption of vitamin D or antioxidants supplements and weight loss during past 3 month; weight loss surgery during past year; being pregnant; consumption of antioxidants supplement; weight loss more than 2 kg during the study; alcohol and tobacco during the study.</inclusion_criteria>
      <agemin>20 years</agemin>
      <agemax>60 years</agemax>
      <gender>Both</gender>
      <exclusion_criteria></exclusion_criteria>
    </criteria>
    <health_condition_code>
      <hc_code>K76.0</hc_code>
    </health_condition_code>
    <health_condition_keyword>
      <hc_keyword>Fatty (change of) liver, not elsewhere classified</hc_keyword>
    </health_condition_keyword>
    <intervention_code>
      <i_code>Treatment - Drugs</i_code>
      <i_code>Placebo</i_code>
    </intervention_code>
    <intervention_keyword>
      <i_keyword>Intervention group will receive daily 1 tablets of vitamin D with meal for 12 weeks. Vitamin D tablets will be purchased from the Pars minoo Company. All the patients will be monitored for consumption of tablets by daily checklists and recall messages.</i_keyword>
      <i_keyword>The control group will receive daily 1 tablets of placebo with meal for 12 weeks. placebo tablets will be purchased from the Pars minoo Company. All the patients will be monitored for consumption of tablets by daily checklists and recall messages.</i_keyword>
    </intervention_keyword>
    <primary_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Hyaluronic acid. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA assay.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Laminin. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA assay.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Collagen type 4. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA assay.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>Vitamin D receptor. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA assay.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>MiR-122. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Real-time PCR.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>MiR-34a. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Real-time PCR.</prim_outcome>
      <prim_outcome>MiR-21. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Real-time PCR.</prim_outcome>
    </primary_outcome>
    <secondary_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>AST. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA assay.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>PTH. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA assay.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Nutritional status (calorie and nutrients intake). Timepoint: Every 2 weeks during the intervention. Method of measurement: Food record questionnaire.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Anthropometric index(weight, height,WHR and Body Mass Index). Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Analogue scale for weight, height, WHR and weight(Kg)/Square Height for body mass index.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Physical activity. Timepoint: Every 2 weeks during the intervention. Method of measurement: International Physical Activity questionnaire.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Fasting blood glucose. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Enzymatic colorimetric.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Fasting insulin serum. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA assay.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Insulin resistance. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: HOMA-IR calculation.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Insulin sensitivity. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: QUICKI calculation.</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>Lipid profiles (TC, TG, LDL-C, HDL-C). Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: Enzymatic methods for TC,TG and HDL-C For LDL-C : Freidwald’s formula: LDL-C = TC- HDL-C - (TG/5).</sec_outcome>
      <sec_outcome>ALT. Timepoint: Baseline and 12 weeks after intervention. Method of measurement: ELISA assay.</sec_outcome>
    </secondary_outcome>
    <secondary_sponsor>
      <sponsor_name></sponsor_name>
    </secondary_sponsor>
    <secondary_ids>
      <secondary_id>
        <sec_id></sec_id>
        <issuing_authority></issuing_authority>
      </secondary_id>
    </secondary_ids>
    <source_support>
      <source_name>Vice chancellor for Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences</source_name>
    </source_support>
    <ethics_reviews>
      <ethics_review>
        <status>Approved</status>
        <approval_date>2017-02-08</approval_date>
        <contact_name>Ethics committee of Tehran University of Medical Sciences</contact_name>
        <contact_address>Keshavarz blv., Ghods st. Tehran  Iran (Islamic Republic of)</contact_address>
        <contact_phone></contact_phone>
        <contact_email></contact_email>
      </ethics_review>
    </ethics_reviews>
  </trial>
</trials>
