Status:
COMPLETED
Calcium and Vitamin D Malnutrition in Elderly Women
Lead Sponsor:
Creighton University
Collaborating Sponsors:
GlaxoSmithKline
Conditions:
Osteoporosis
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism
Eligibility:
FEMALE
55+ years
Phase:
PHASE3
Brief Summary
This study is designed to test whether calcium supplementation alone or calcium plus vitamin D reduces the incidence of fractures, reduces high parathyroid secretory activity, and halts bone loss in a...
Detailed Description
We are conducting a 4-year randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled trial of calcium or calcium with vitamin D supplementation. We randomly sampled the population of healthy, independent living wo...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- healthy women ages 55 and older who were at least four years postmenopausal living independently in a nine-county rural area of Nebraska
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Exclusion
- 1\) chronic kidney disease, 2) Paget's metabolic bone disease, and 3) history of cancer except for superficial basal or squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and
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Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2000
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2005
Estimated Enrollment :
1180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00352170
Start Date
May 1 2000
End Date
July 1 2005
Last Update
August 11 2008
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