Search / Trial NCT00000402

Calcium and Bone Mass in Young Females

Launched by OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY · Nov 3, 1999

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Trial Information

Current as of December 03, 2023

Completed

Keywords

Osteoporosis Dietary Calcium Puberty Bone Density Bone Mass Primary Prevention Of Osteoporosis

Description

This study evaluates the effect of calcium on bone mass accretion over 7 years in a cohort of 354 young females who were in pubertal Stage II at the start of the study. The average age of study participants at entry was 11 years; at the end of the study participants were 18 years old. The study looks at skeletal development under the influence of heredity, nutrition (calcium), and physical exercise. We gave calcium to participants in one arm of this clinical trial calcium. Participants in the other arm of the trial were given a placebo. The main outcome variable is the bone mass measured a...

Gender

Female

Eligibility criteria

  • Inclusion Criteria:
  • Pubertal stage II
  • Calcium intake below a threshold level
  • Caucasian
  • Normal health
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Medications affecting calcium and bone metabolism
  • Chronic diseases
  • Metabolic bone disease
  • Abnormality in calcium metabolism

Attachments

readout_NCT00000402_2023-12-03.pdf

4.5 MB

NCT00000402_study_protocol.pdf

4.5 MB

About company

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID, /ˈnaɪ.æd/) is one of the 27 institutes and centers that make up the National Institutes of Health (NIH), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). NIAID's mission is to conduct basic and applied research to better understand, treat, and prevent infectious, immunologic, and allergic diseases.

Contacts

JC

Jennifer Cobb

Immunology at National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Locations

Columbus, Ohio, United States

People applied

Timeline

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Trial launched

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Estimated completion

Not reported

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