Phase II Study of Alendronate Sodium in Children With High-Turnover Idiopathic Juvenile Osteoporosis
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00010439 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : February 2, 2001
Results First Posted : September 17, 2010
Last Update Posted : November 7, 2010
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OBJECTIVES:
I. Determine the effects of alendronate sodium on skeletal remodeling and bone mineral density of the hip and spine in children with high-turnover idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis.
Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Osteoporosis | Drug: Alendronate | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 10 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Non-Randomized, Open-Label, Prospective, Non-Controlled, 12-Month Clinical Trial to Determine the Effects of Alendronate 35 or 70 mg/Week Depending Upon Body Weight, in Children and Adolescent With IJO |
Study Start Date : | September 2000 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2003 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | November 2008 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1 Alendronate for 12 months
Ten children will take alendronate 35mg or 70mg weekly depending upon the body weight for 12 months. Patients will also take calcium supplement daily.
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Drug: Alendronate
Pill, 35mg or 70mg weekly, depending upon the body weight for 12 months.
Other Name: Fosamax |
- Number of Participants With Increased Bone Mineral Density [ Time Frame: at 12 months ]Number of participants with increase in bone mineral density at Lumbar Spine and/or Hip at 12 months as compared to the bone mineral density at Lumbar Spine and/or Hip obtained before therapy (baseline values)
- Participants (1) With Fractures Before and After Therapy,(2)Analysed for Average Changes From High to Near Normal Mineral Apposition Rate (MAR) After Therapy,(3)Analysed for Average Insignificant Changes in Biochemical Markers After Therapy. [ Time Frame: Before and 12 months after treatment with alendronate ]Participants (pts) with fractures bef.and aft.therapy; pts analysed for average changes in mineral apposition rate (MAR) (high (1.9um/day) to near normal (1.2 um/day)as revealed in bone biopsies. MAR is the distance between the two tetracycline labels (um/day). The data represent the average of 10-17 measurements of the disltance obtained by reading 2-7 individual slides of bone biopsy and pts analysed for average insignificant biochemical markers (serum bone specific alkaline phosphatase for bone formation and urinary N-telopeptide for resorption)to determine the effect of therapy.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 5 Years to 14 Years (Child) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Eligibility Criteria:
- 5-14 years of age
- Weight 20 kg or greater
- History of one or more atraumatic fracture
- Sexual development no greater than Tanner II
- Osteoporosis by DXA (Diagnosis of high-turnover osteoporosis with no underlying cause (e.g., malignancy, hyperthyroidism, hyperparathyroidism, or vitamin D intoxication)
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male and female children with a history of one or more atraumatic fractures, or evidence of one or more compression fractures on radiographs of the spine (reduction of >20%).
- Bone mineral density by DXA at 2 standard deviations (SD) below normal mean for age (Z-score at least 2 SD below normal mean at the lumbar spine or hip)
- Parental consent (and patient assent after age 12 years) to participate in the study.
- Sexual development at Tanner stage II or less (Prepubertal stage)
- Weight 20kg and more
Exclusion Criteria:
- History of severe gastritis or reflux
- Marked kyphoscoliosis or inability to sit or stand for at least 30 minutes.
- Abnormalities of the esophagus that delay emptying (e.g., strictures or achalasia)
- Hypersensitivity to bisphosphonates
- Uncorrected hypocalcemia
- History of gastric or duodenal ulcers
- Renal dysfunction as indicated by serum Creatinine greater than 1.5 mg/dL
- Liver dysfunction as indicated by serum SGPT greater than 2 times upper limit of normal for age or serum total bilirubin greater than 2.0 mg/dL
- Diagnosis of osteogenesis imperfecta (including family history) or blue sclerae or deafness
- Diagnosis of active rickets, osteomalacia, or bone alkaline phosphatase > 2 times normal for age
- Severe gastritis or reflux
- Pregnancy
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Anorexia Nervosa
- Prior/Concurrent Therapy-
- Prior course of prednisone allowed
- No concurrent prednisone except inhaled steroids
- No concurrent high-dose glucocorticoids
- No concurrent salmon calcitonin
- No other concurrent bisphosphonates
- No concurrent long-term anti-seizure medication

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00010439
United States, South Carolina | |
Medical University of South Carolina | |
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425 |
Principal Investigator: | Deborah A Bowlby, M.D. | Medical University of South Carolina |
Responsible Party: | Deborah A Bowlby, MD., Assistant Professor, Medical University of South Carolina |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00010439 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
199/15705 FD-R-001847-01 ( Other Grant/Funding Number: FDA ) |
First Posted: | February 2, 2001 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | September 17, 2010 |
Last Update Posted: | November 7, 2010 |
Last Verified: | October 2010 |
arthritis & connective tissue diseases idiopathic juvenile osteoporosis rare disease |
Osteoporosis Bone Diseases, Metabolic Bone Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases |
Metabolic Diseases Alendronate Bone Density Conservation Agents Physiological Effects of Drugs |