Status:

COMPLETED

Efficacy and Safety Study on Menatetrenone in the Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Women

Lead Sponsor:

Eisai Co., Ltd.

Conditions:

Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Eligibility:

FEMALE

45-75 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

To determine the effect and safety of menatetrenone on treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis comparing with alfacalcidol.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria :
  • Postmenopausal women with menopause duration more than 5 years and with age between 45-75 years old (menopausal age ≥40), or if hysterectomy operated before natural menopause, the age of women between 60-75 years old.
  • Subject with BMD (L2-4 or neck of femur) being more than 2 Standard Deviation (SD) below the young female adult mean (According to the standard of each center)
  • BMI between 18 kg/m2-30 kg/m2.
  • The anatomic structure of lumbar spine must be available for Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DEXA) examination, patient with serious scoliosis, bone trauma or sequela after orthopedics surgery, which makes BMD measurement difficult, should be excluded
  • Subject who have given informed consent prior to participation in the trial and who undertake to comply with the protocol.
  • Exclusion Criteria
  • Subject with conditions that are considered to effect osteoporosis, such as clear definite diabetes mellitus, rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, hyperparathyroidism or other bone metabolic diseases.
  • Subjects who have received treatment with active-type vitamin D3 preparation, other vitamin D preparations (\>1000IU per day), calcitonin, corticosteroid hormone, androgen, estrogen, other hormone, vitamin K preparation, in the 3 months prior to inanition of this study; Subjects who have received treatment with bisphosphonate preparation or Sodium Fluoride in the 1 year prior to inanition of this study; Subjects who have received treatment with Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM) in the 6 months prior to inanition of this study
  • Concurrent serious renal disease, hepatic disease, uncontrolled hypertension (≥150/100mmHg), symptomatic ischemic heart disease, cerebral infarction or arteriosclerosis obliterans.
  • Cancer history within 5 years.
  • Subjects who take antacid containing aluminum in the preparation, warfarin or thrombolytic agents.
  • Subject with any known abnormality in laboratory tests, which is deemed to be clinically significant by the investigator, which include:
  • Serum alkaline phosphatace (ALP) \> upper normal limit 10% (calculated according to the range of normal values of each center);
  • Glutamic Oxalacetic Transaminase (AST)/ Glutamic Pyruvic Transaminase (ALT) \> upper normal limit 50%(calculated according to the range of normal values of each center);
  • Serum creatinine \>1.5mg/dL (133μmol/L);
  • Blood-fasting sugar ≥ 7mmol/L (126mg/L)
  • Inability of subject to return for scheduled visits or to comply with any other aspect of the protocol.
  • Subject who, in the opinion of the investigator, are poor medical candidates or pose any other risk for therapy with an investigational drug.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 1 2005

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    July 1 2007

    Estimated Enrollment :

    240 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00165698

    Start Date

    May 1 2005

    End Date

    July 1 2007

    Last Update

    July 22 2014

    Active Locations (5)

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    Beijing Hospital

    Beijing, China

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    Chinese PLA General Hospital

    Beijing, China

    3

    Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    Beijing, China

    4

    Hua Dong Hospital

    Shanghai, China