The main purpose: to determine the effect of vitamin D on clinical outcomes, quality of life, stress and anxiety, serum concentrations of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine), 5-hydroxy-indole acetic acid and the 5 HIAA to 5 HT in patients with irritable bowel syndrome with predominant form of diarrhea
Study design: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, single-center, phase II trial
study population: patients with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea admitted to hospital the Prophet (PBUH)
Inclusion criteria: age between 18 to 60 years, diagnosed with irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea forms and questionnaires completed by ROME III criteria for the diagnosis of IBS, their disease severity score is between 175 to 300, BMI is between 18.5 and 34.9, don't have abdominal illness and abdominal surgery, they don't use vitamin D in the last 6 months. Probiotic supplements and do not use antidepressants.
Exclusion criteria from the study: the creation of any abnormal response to supplements, gastrointestinal bleeding, blood in the stool, loss weight fast, levels of vitamin D normal (above 30 nmol / L ), taking less than 80 percent complete and wanting person to continue to cooperate.
Intervention: Supplementation with vitamin D or a placebo
intervention period: 3 months
sample size:44 person in each group
The primary outcome: improvement of clinical symptoms, disease severity, quality of life and stress and anxiety
Secondary outcomes: serum levels of serotonin and 5-hydroxy-indole acetic acid