Bone Loss Prevention With Zoledronic Acid or Denosumab in Critically Ill Adults
- Conditions
- Critical IllnessOsteoporosis
- Interventions
- Drug: Zoledronic Acid 5Mg/Bag 100Ml InjDrug: Sodium Chloride 0.9% or 5% Dextrose IntravenousDrug: Sodium Chloride 0.9% Injection
- Registration Number
- NCT04608630
- Brief Summary
The Bone Zone trial is a prospective, multi-centre, double-blind, phase II, randomised controlled trial evaluating the effect of denosumab or zoledronic acid compared to placebo on change in bone mineral density over one year in women aged 50 years or older and men aged 70 years or older requiring admission to intensive care for greater than 24 hours.
450 women aged 50 years or older and men aged 70 years or older, admitted to intensive care for greater than 24 hours will be recruited into the study from participating study centres.
- Detailed Description
Intensive care patients face health issues that extend beyond their critical illness. A specific area where critical illness may adversely affect the well-being of survivors is increased bone turnover during critical illness, and accelerated bone loss in subsequent years. Critical illness bone loss begins in the first days of critical illness, occurs in both men and women, and is greatest in post-menopausal women. Loss of bone mineral density is significantly greater at both the femur (-2+4.0% vs -0.7+1.1%, p=0.001) and spine (-2.9+4.1% vs -0.2+1.1%, p\<0.001) in women in the year after critical illness compared to age-matched controls. One year after critical illness, 80% of women aged 50-years or greater are classified as osteoporotic or osteopaenic, compared to 71% of the approximately 3.7 million Australian women aged 50 year or greater. In the year after ICU admission a decrease in femur BMD of -1.52% (+ 2.85) is reported in men, which is significantly higher than age adjusted population controls (-0.42% + 1.13, diff -1.10% (95% CI -1.71 to -0.49, p\<0.001). The annual incidence of first fracture in men aged 70 years and over is similar to the annual incidence of fracture in women aged 50 years and over. In addition, there is a dramatic increase in hip fractures as a proportion of all fracture's males aged 70 years and older in the general population. This population is most likely to suffer the major consequence of accelerated bone loss, fragility fracture, and the associated morbidity, loss of quality of life, and economic cost. Older women who survive critical illness have a significantly higher fragility fracture rate compared to community age-matched controls (Intensive Care Unit 4.33 vs control 2.81 per 100 patient years, adj HR 1.7 (95% CI 1.1-2.5), p=0.02).
Bone antiresorptive therapies are effective at reducing bone loss and decreasing fracture risk in non-critically ill populations. Zoledronic acid and denosumab represent antiresorptive agents with established efficacy in adults, and are potential target interventions able to be delivered during critical illness. Denosumab is a human monoclonal antibody directed against Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-Β ligand, a central stimulator of osteoclast activity, and is effective for prevention of fractures and bone loss in osteoporosis and malignancy. Zoledronic acid is a bisphosphonate class agent that binds to bone and suppresses bone resorption by entering osteoclasts and inhibiting the enzyme farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase, resulting in disruption of osteoclast attachment to bone surface. In addition to skeletal effects, there are possible mortality benefits associated with the use of antiresorptive medications in populations with increased bone loss.
There is currently insufficient high-quality evidence to support routine, early use of antiresorptive medications in critically ill adults. The Bone Zone trial is a phase III multi-centre randomised placebo-controlled trial of 450 women aged 50-years or greater and men aged 70-years or greater requiring intensive care admission for more than 2 calendar days, to determine the effect of denosumab or zoledronic acid on the prevention of bone loss in the year after critical illness.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 450
- Female age ≥ 50 years or male age ≥ 70 years
- Has been in the Intensive Care Unit for 2 or more calendar days and is not expected to be discharged from the Intensive Care Unit on the second day
- Has required Intensive Care Unit level support (i.e. intravenous vasoactive drugs, or invasive mechanical ventilation, or non-invasive ventilation or high flow nasal oxygen at Fraction inspired Oxygen ≥0.4 and/or gas flows ≥40L/m) for a minimum cumulative duration of 6 hours
- Expected to survive the current hospital admission
- Cancer related metastatic bone disease or multiple myeloma
- Paget's disease
- Pregnancy
- Current estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate <30ml/min or receiving renal replacement therapy
- Known contraindication to denosumab or zoledronic acid
- Obvious holes in teeth or broken teeth or dental or gum infection
- Known untreated hypoparathyroidism
- Current treatment with anti-fracture agent (bisphosphonate, strontium or teriparatide within previous 2 years, or menopausal hormone therapy or romosozumab within previous 12-months or denosumab within previous 6 months)
- Current fragility fracture of hip, spine, femur or forearm
- Exceeds weight limit for BMD scan at site or unable to undertake Bone Mineral Density for any reason
- International Normalised Ratio > 3.0 or Platelet count < 30 10^9/L
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Denosumab Denosumab 60 MG/ML Patients allocated to the Denosumab arm will receive Denosumab 60mg in 1ml, administered via subcutaneous injection on Study Days 1 and 180. Denosumab Sodium Chloride 0.9% or 5% Dextrose Intravenous Patients allocated to the Denosumab arm will receive Denosumab 60mg in 1ml, administered via subcutaneous injection on Study Days 1 and 180. Zoledronic acid Zoledronic Acid 5Mg/Bag 100Ml Inj Patients allocated to the Zoledronic acid arm will receive Zoledronic acid 5mg in 100ml 0.9% Sodium Chloride or 5% Dextrose, administered via intravenous infusion over at least 15 minutes on Study Day 1. Zoledronic acid Sodium Chloride 0.9% Injection Patients allocated to the Zoledronic acid arm will receive Zoledronic acid 5mg in 100ml 0.9% Sodium Chloride or 5% Dextrose, administered via intravenous infusion over at least 15 minutes on Study Day 1. Placebo Sodium Chloride 0.9% or 5% Dextrose Intravenous Patients allocated to the placebo arm will receive 0.9% Sodium Chloride 1ml administered via subcutaneous injection on Days 1 and Day 180 and 0.9% Sodium Chloride 100ml or 5% Dextrose administered via intravenous infusion over at least 15 minutes on Day 1. Placebo Sodium Chloride 0.9% Injection Patients allocated to the placebo arm will receive 0.9% Sodium Chloride 1ml administered via subcutaneous injection on Days 1 and Day 180 and 0.9% Sodium Chloride 100ml or 5% Dextrose administered via intravenous infusion over at least 15 minutes on Day 1.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Annualised change in femoral neck bone mineral density for the year after Intensive Care discharge 12 months Change in femoral neck bone mineral density T-score between baseline and 12 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in quality of life 0, 6 and 12 months. Quality of life will be measured using the European Quality of Life scale using a descriptive system scale from 1 to 5
Mortality 12 months All deaths from enrolment to 12 months will be recorded
Falls 6 and 12 months Self-reported falls incidence and frequency
Hospital readmission 12 months All hospital readmissions within 12 months will be recorded
Annualised change in lumbar spine bone mineral density for the year after Intensive Care discharge 12 months Change in lumbar spine bone mineral densityT-score between baseline and 12 months
Clinical fragility fracture 6 and 12 months Self-reported incident clinical fractures obtained at follow-up visits. Information on the date, site, and circumstance of the fracture obtained by interview and X-ray report sought and confirmed by medical report.
Vertebral fracture 12 months Incident vertebral fracture obtained during lateral BMD study
Bone turnover outcomes (nested sub-study) Day 0, Day 7, 6 and 12 months Change in the bone turnover markers serum collagen type 1 cross-linked c-telopeptide (CTX), and serum type 1 procollagen N-terminal propeptide (P1NP)
Trial Locations
- Locations (24)
St Vincent's Health Sydney
🇦🇺Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Prince of Wales Hospital
🇦🇺Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Blacktown Hospital
🇦🇺Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
🇦🇺Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Wollongong Hospital, Illawarra Shoalhaven Health
🇦🇺Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
Sunshine Coast University Hospital
🇦🇺Birtinya, Queensland, Australia
The Wesley Hospital
🇦🇺Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Gold Coast University Hospital
🇦🇺Southport, Queensland, Australia
Royal Adelaide Hospital
🇦🇺Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
John Hunter Hospital
🇦🇺Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Launceston General Hospital
🇦🇺Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Barwon Health, University Hospital Geelong
🇦🇺Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Alfred Health
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Western Health - Footscray Hospital
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Western Health - Sunshine Hospital
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Royal Melbourne Hospital
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
St Vincents Hospital Melbourne
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Austin Health
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Eastern Health - Box Hill Hospital
🇦🇺Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
St John of God Hospital Subiaco
🇦🇺Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Fiona Stanley Hospital
🇦🇺Perth, Western Australia, Australia
St John of God Hospital Murdoch
🇦🇺Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Auckland City Hospital
🇳🇿Auckland, New Zealand
Wellington Regional Hospital
🇳🇿Wellington, New Zealand