NCT00357643

Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D on Bone Loss From the Hip

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 450 (planned)
• Sponsor: Tufts University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The primary aim of this study is to determine the effects of supplementation with both calcium and vitamin D on changes in bone density of the hip in men and women age 65 and older.

Detailed description

In this study 445 men and women age 65 and older were enrolled for three years each. Subjects were randomized to treatment with 500 mg of calcium s calcium citrate malate plus 700 IU of vitamin D daily or placebo. Subjects came to the research center every six months for biochemical and bone mineral density measurements. Changes in these measures over the three years were determined in each group and compared.

Conditions

• Osteoporosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Calcium 500 mg/day and vitamin D 700 IU/day

Timeline

• Start date: 1992-10-01
• Completion: 1996-02-01
• First posted: 2006-07-27
• Last updated: 2006-07-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States