Feasibility of a type 1 diabetes primary prevention trial using 2000 IU vitamin D3 in infants from the general population with increased HLA-associated risk

Abstract

Recent epidemiologic, immunologic, and NOD mouse studies suggest that intervention in the vitamin D system may be a successful method to prevent type 1 diabetes. Newborns at increased HLA-associated risk are randomized to receive either 400 or 2000 IU vitamin D3 by 1 month of age. We show that recruitment of babies from the general population for identification of HLA-associated risk status followed by enrollment to a randomized controlled prevention trial is feasible in Canada.