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OSTPRE-Fracture Prevention Study

NCT00592917 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 3432

Last updated 2008-01-14

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of calcium 1000 mg/d and vitamin-D3 800 IU/d divided in two daily doses on the incidence of falls and fractures, bone mineral density and bone metabolism in postmenopausal women 65-71 years of age.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

calcium carbonate and cholecalciferol

one tablet (calcium carbonate resembling 500 mg of calcium and 400 IU or 5 micrograms of vitamin-D3, cholecalciferol) twice daily for the whole duration of the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Eastern Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Academy of Finland

    collaborator OTHER

  • Leiras-Nycomed

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Kuopio University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Heikki P Kroger, Professor · Department of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Kuopio

  • Heikki P Kroger, Professor · Department of Orthopedics, Traumatology and Hand Surgery, University Hospital of Kuopio

  • Marjo Tuppurainen, Professor · Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University Hospital of Kuopio

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-08-31
Primary Completion
2007-10-31
Completion
2007-10-31

Countries

  • Finland

Study Locations

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Diseases

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