Active clinical trials for "Osteoporosis"

This is a multi-center double-blind parallel-group study in involutional osteoporosis patients to compare the efficacy and safety of monthly oral intermittent formulation ONO-5920/YM529 with its daily formulation.

Individuals with spinal cord injury sustain significant loss of bone mass in their lower extremities (20-40% or more). This study evaluates the ability of PTH and weight-bearing, two interventions that build bone, to increase bone mass in this population.

The study will evaluate the both the efficacy of odanacatib on Bone Mineral Density (BMD) and the safety of odanacatib for postmenopausal osteoporosis in patients previously treated with alendronate. The primary hypothesis of the trial is that treatment with odanacatib 50 mg once weekly will increase bone mineral density at the femoral neck compared to placebo at the end of 24 months.

This study will evaluate the effect of a 1-year administration of the vitamin D analog 2-methylene-19-nor-(20S)-1alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 (DP001) on bone mineral density (BMD), safety, and tolerability.

The study is for Korean women who are postmenopausal and also suffer from osteoporosis. The study will test if women who are given 20 mg of arzoxifene once a day for six months have a less severe level of osteoporosis than those women who do not take arzoxifene. All patients will receive 500 mg of elemental calcium and 400 to 600 IU Vitamin D daily starting 4 weeks prior to study drug administration continuing through the 6 months of therapy.

The purpose of this study is to determine if supplemental vitamin K will reduce age-related bone loss in elderly men and women above that achieved by supplementation.

Alendronate is a safe and effective drug for treating osteoporosis in post-menopausal women. However, its safety and efficacy in increasing bone mineral density in chronic peritoneal dialysis (PD) patients have not been investigated. Etidronate, another bisphosphonate, can suppress the extent of coronary artery calcification in chronic hemodialysis patients. The hypothesis of this study is that alendronate can increase bone mineral density and suppress aortic and coronary artery calcification in chronic peritoneal dialysis patients.

A pilot study on the use of Teriparatide in severe osteoporotic women with hip fracture and submitted to hip replacement The primary objective of this study is to obtain preliminary data, in a pilot group of postmenopausal women with established osteoporosis and a recent hip fracture, who underwent hip replacement 3-6 months before screening phase, about the effect of teriparatide on: bone turnover markers: CTx, PINP and BSAP when given at the dose of 20 mcg/day by subcutaneous route for 18 months. The secondary objectives of the study are as follows: Effects of teriparatide on lumbar spine and non-prosthetic femur bone density, as assessed by BMD measurement with dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) Effects of teriparatide on quality of life and back pain during treatment.

The purposes of this study are to evaluate the acceptance of the subcutaneous drug teriparatide over 6 months of therapy in patients with severe osteoporosis in Canada, and to evaluate how often such patients are actually able to use the injection; to obtain additional safety data (side effect data) that will supplement the existing database of adverse events that have been reported to-date in clinical trials by patients treated with teriparatide; to document the prior use of other osteoporosis therapies in this patient population, and ongoing use of other osteoporosis therapies during the study; and to describe the baseline demographics and disease state of these severely osteoporotic patients.The purposes of the study extension are to continue to assess the acceptance of the subcutaneous drug teriparatide over up to 18 months of therapy in patients with severe osteoporosis in Canada, and to continue to assess how often such patients are actually able to use the injection; to obtain additional safety data (side effects) that will supplement the existing database of adverse events that have been reported to date in clinical trials by patients treated with teriparatide.

The purpose of this study is to assess the Efficacy and Safety of Teriparatide in Japanese Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis.