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Renal Osteodystrophy: A Fresh Approach

Completed
Conditions
Renal Osteodystrophy
Registration Number
NCT00859612
Lead Sponsor
Hartmut Malluche, MD
Brief Summary

There are two major goals of this project:

1. Comparison of DXA and QCT for diagnosis of bone loss in CKD-5 patients and determination of the prevalence of low bone turnover in CKD-5 patients with bone loss.

2. Identification of the optimal combination of noninvasive tests for definition of the turnover component of ROD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
464
Inclusion Criteria
  • Aged 18 years or older;
  • Chronic maintenance dialysis of at least 3 months' duration;
  • Mental competence;
  • Willingness to participate in the study;
  • Calcidiol levels within normal range.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnancy;
  • Systemic illnesses or organ diseases that may affect bone (except type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus);
  • Clinical condition that may limit study participation (e.g., unstable angina, respiratory distress, infections).
  • Chronic alcoholism and/or drug addiction;
  • Participation in a study of an investigational drug during the past 90 days;
  • Allergy to tetracycline.
  • Planning to move out of the area within 2 years of the study;
  • On active transplant list;
  • Treatment within last 6 months with drugs that may affect bone metabolism (except for treatment with calcitriol, vitamin D analogs and/or calcimimetics).
  • Calcidiol level below the normal range. The current routine clinical practice in our dialysis clinics is to check calcidiol status twice yearly and supplement with vitamin D according to serum calcidiol levels. It is therefore unlikely that a substantial number of patients will be excluded due to this exclusion criterion.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Comparison of DXA and QCT for diagnosis of bone loss in CKD-5 patients and determination of the prevalence of low bone turnover in CKD-5 patients with bone loss.4 years

Because each method (QCT or DXA) yields a dichotomous response (bone loss: yes or no), the proportion of patients with a bone loss will be compared between the 2 methods by using the McNemar statistic for correlated proportions.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Identification of the optimal combination of noninvasive tests for definition of the turnover component of ROD.4 years

A stepwise logistic model will be used to determine which combination of PTH and bone markers best predicts low bone turnover.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

University of Kentucky

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Lexington, Kentucky, United States

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