NCT03811873

Assessment of Vertebral Fracture Risk for First Time Liver Transplant Candidates

Assessment of Vertebral Fracture Risk Using VFA and Vertebral Strength Assessment With DXA-Finite Element Analysis in Liver Transplant Recipients in Pretransplant Period

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 52 (actual)
• Sponsor: Mayo Clinic · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The researchers are trying to compare the effectiveness of Vertebral Fracture Assessment (VFA) in addition to the current standard of care spine x-ray in evaluation pre-liver transplant patients.

Conditions

• Metabolic Bone Disease
• Transplant-Related Disorder
• Secondary Osteoporosis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIAGNOSTIC_TEST	Dual x-ray absorptiometry	DEXA is a means of measuring bone mineral density (BMD) using spectral imaging. Two X-ray beams, with different energy levels, are aimed at the bones. Soft tissue absorption is subtracted out, then the bone mineral density (BMD) can be determined from the absorption of each beam by bone.
OTHER	Vertebral Fracture Assessment	Lumbar/thoracic spine x-ray and labs assessed for bone turnover markers.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-18
• Primary completion: 2022-07-27
• Completion: 2022-08-30
• First posted: 2019-01-22
• Last updated: 2023-05-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States