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Osteoporosis Prevention in Preadolescent Girls

NCT00000413 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 340

Last updated 2006-12-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study will test an osteoporosis prevention program aimed at preadolescent girls between the ages of 10 and 12 who have not yet started their menstrual periods. Girls in this age group are adding large amounts of new bone to their skeletons. Adding more bone at this time of life can reduce a person's chances of developing osteoporosis (thinning bones) in later years.

We will look at how this osteoporosis prevention program affects the amount of calcium in the girls' diets, the amount of weight-bearing exercise they do, and their bone mass measured using ultrasound testing of the heel.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychoeducational program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • C. Kent Kwoh, MD · Case Western Reserve Univ. and Univ. Pittsburgh

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
9 Years
Max Age
13 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1998-07-31
Completion
2002-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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