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Treatment of Calcium Deficiency in Young Women

NCT00000426 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 150

Last updated 2013-06-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study looks at the effects of calcium supplementation on bone density in women in their third decade of life. We placed women aged 19-27 who take in low amounts of calcium in their diets in one of two groups. We will give women in one group a placebo (inactive pill) and women in the other group 1500 milligrams of calcium per day (as calcium carbonate). We will monitor the results by looking at the change in bone mineral density measured at the hip, total body, forearm, and spine. Treatment will last 3 years.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Calcium supplement

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Creighton University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert P. Heaney, MD · Creighton University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
27 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1995-01-31
Completion
2000-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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