Active clinical trials for "Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal"

Osteoarthritis (OA) and osteoporosis (OP) affect large numbers of the population. Around 8 million people in the UK are affected by OA and over 300,000 people present with fragility fractures in the UK each year. High impact exercise has been shown to improve markers of bone health but the effect of this exercise on the cartilage is less well understood. A six month, one leg, exercise program based on hopping will be carried out by a group of post-menopausal women. Post-menopausal women are particularly at risk from OP and the research should give information on the feasibility of this type of exercise program in this age group and the effect on cartilage. Participants will be aged between 55 and 70 (at least five years post menopause) with no conditions that would limit their ability to complete the exercise program. To assess changes in participants' cartilage and bone properties they will be asked to attend several meetings at Loughborough University. Before and after the exercise program participants will have bone density scans and MRI scans of the knee joint. A subset (n=4) will undergo high resolution bone scans that can demonstrate changes in bone structure. The intervention is a home based exercise programme lasting approximately 10 minutes per day. Initially this will be individualised to each participant with the end goal being daily exercise sessions. The programme will last for six months with supervised sessions offered throughout the trial. Using an intervention affecting just one leg will allow the research team to use the other leg as a control. The research team hypothesise that in a population of post-menopausal women, a six month, unilateral exercise intervention will improve bone mineral density at the proximal femur with no negative effects on articular cartilage.

This study use RT-PCR and Western Blot technique to detect the expression of CLCF1 mRNA and protein in POP Kidney Yin deficiency group and healthy group to verify the relevance between CLCF1 and POP the kidney Yin deficiency syndrome.Through siRNA and overexpression,observe the mRNA and protein 's expression of CBP、JAK1、STAT4 and the protein phosphorylation of JAK1、STAT4 in JAK-STAT signal to reveal the CLCF1 regulate the CBP's mechanism.Use the Liuwei Dihuang Pills to detect the effect of treatment ,compare use or not the Liuwei Dihuang Pills to detect the mRNA and protein 's expression of CLCF1、CBP etc.Aim to clarify the POP kidney Yin deficiency molecular mechanism.

The process of bone remodeling exhibits pronounced diurnal pattern that is important for bone health. A balanced rate of bone resorption is required to maintain bone health, a balance that can be disturbed during the lifecycle to effect net rate of formation (as occurs during growth and development to adulthood) or net resorption (as occurs, for example, during the menopause).The research to be undertaken investigates the pluripotent effect of dairy-based products on the regulation of the diurnal process of bone metabolism in post-menopausal women at risk of osteoporosis.

Clinical trial to investigate effect of voluntary upper extremity loading in combination with anabolic osteoporosis therapy.

This study evaluates how patients treated with denosumab or zoledronic acid for osteoporosis may change the number of peripheral osteoclast precursors and osteoclast activity, and how that may be associated with changes in bone mass.

In postmenopausal osteoporosis patients, the balance is impaired. Equilibrium is evaluated with various test and balance systems. This study aims evaluation of the patients with the Korebalance Balance System and balance tests and investigation the validity of the Korebalance Balance System.

Quality of Life (QoL) in Korean postmenopausal osteoporosis patients with bisphosphonate treatment

The objectives of the study are to describe the quality of life at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment and at the end of the observational period (Qualeffo-41 questionnaire) pain assessment at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment and at the end of the observational period (VAS score) to describe bone mineral density at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment and at the end of the observational period (T-Score) to describe incidence of bone fractures caused by osteoporosis as well as of other pathological findings of the skeleton after the beginning of the Preotact® treatment to describe serum level of calcium and the bone resorption marker desoxypyridinoline (DPD) and N- respectively C-terminal crosslink-telopeptide (CTX and NTX) at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment and at the end of the observational period (only in subgroup of patients, where the physician sees a need to measure these parameters) to document all adverse drug reactions after the beginning of the Preotact® treatment the analysis of subgroups with different risk for bone fractures caused by osteoporosis at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment to assess the manageability and functioning of the Pen system for injection of Preotact® (self administered questionnaire)

This observational study will evaluate the incidence of new vertebral and non vertebral fragility fractures in patients with severe osteoporosis treated with anabolic drugs. This study will also evaluate BMD, compliance to treatment, back pain and the health-related quality of life.

The PEQ is the first tool to measure facilitators, barriers, and preferences to exercise in people with osteoporosis.