Scoliosis Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Six Years Longitudinal Cohort Study on the Changes in Bone Density, Bone Quality and Its Association With Bone Turnover Markers and Curve Severity in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis With and Without 2 Years of Calcium and Vit-D Supplementation
The study aimed to:
1. To investigate and compare the changes in bone mineral density (BMD), trabecular bone
micro-architecture, bone strength, and curve severity at a mean of 6 years longitudinal
follow up in AIS girls with low bone mass between Group A and B:
1. Group A: subjects followed at a mean of 4 years after completion of 2-year calcium
and Vit-D supplementation and
2. Group B: subjects without calcium and Vit-D supplementation
2. To evaluate the correlation between changes in BMD, trabecular bone micro-architecture,
and bone strength documented in Objective 1 with changes in serum bone turnover markers
Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS) is a complex three-dimensional spinal deformity mostly
affecting girls in the peri-pubertal period. Prevalence ranges from 2 to 4% in the general
population. When the deformity becomes severe, serious morbidities can occur including early
back degeneration, cardiopulmonary compromise, grossly deformed torso and associated
psychosocial issues which could pose serious health threats for these young patients.
One important health threat that deserves special attention is osteopenia as defined by
Bowden et al. for children having BMD age and gender-adjusted Z-score < -1. 30-38% of AIS
girls were osteopenic. Osteopenia could persist across puberty and was found to be a
significant and independent prognostic factor for curve progression in AIS. Osteopenia was
also found to be associated with low dietary calcium (Ca) intake at a median of 400mg/day
among AIS girls. The low Ca intake was significantly correlated with age-adjusted peripheral
volumetric bone mineral density (vBMD) measured by peripheral quantitative computed
tomography (pQCT), as well as axial and peripheral areal BMD (aBMD) measured by Dual-Energy
X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA).
Low calcium intake when coupled with low Vit-D status can seriously affect a child's bone
health. Without Vit-D, only 10 to 15% of dietary calcium is absorbed, and 1,25-(OH)2Vit-D can
increase intestinal calcium absorption to 30-40%. Vit-D insufficiency or disturbance in Vit-D
physiology is associated with osteopenia, deranged muscle function and ligamentous laxity
which could potentially predispose AIS subjects to curve progression.
Given that serum 25(OH)Vit-D level was also found to be low at a mean level of 41.6 nmol/L
among AIS subjects, our group has conducted the first 2-year randomized double-blinded
placebo-controlled trial using calcium and Vit-D supplementation for young AIS girls with low
bone mass (the Cal study). There were three study groups in the trial, namely Group 1 (the
placebo group), Group 2 (the low-dose treatment group with 600mg calcium + 400IU Vit-D3/day)
and Group 3 (the high-dose treatment group with 600mg calcium + 800IU Vit-D3/day). The study
showed strong evidences of positive bone accretion effects and therapeutic control of curve
progression in groups with supplementation (Group 2 and 3). Following the therapeutic gain in
BMD and improvement in bone quality with 2-year intervention with calcium and Vit-D
supplementation, it will be important to evaluate if the effects persist after supplement
withdrawal. This study would help to address this key issue by evaluating whether the
beneficial effects of 2-year calcium and Vit-D supplementation persist at an average of 4
years after withdrawal of supplementation. The BMD, trabecular bone micro-architecture, bone
strength, image-based and serum bone turnover parameters, and curve severity at 4 years after
withdrawal of supplement would be compared with measurements done before and at end of
supplementation.
Outcome of this study will provide important scientific data on the long term effects of
2-year calcium and Vit-D supplementation, thus justifying the need of lifestyle modification,
duration and dose of supplementation for better bone health and curve control in adolescents
suffering from AIS. If the beneficial effects are proven to be sustainable, the 2-year
calcium and Vit-D supplements can be incorporated into the treatment protocol for AIS not
only in Hong Kong, but also in Mainland China and other parts of the world; otherwise longer
period of supplementation for sustained positive bone accretion effects and prevention of
curve progression will be desirable for attaining peak bone mass and curve control to prevent
osteopenia-related and scoliosis-related complications when approaching adulthood.
This six years longitudinal follow-up study with 2-year active supplementation period and
4-year post-withdrawal follow up for this cohort of adolescent girls is unique. Not only are
the effects of calcium and vitamin D supplementation being followed, the placebo group in the
original clinical trial provides the longitudinal changes on anthropometric, bone density,
bone quality parameters and curve severity which will yield important reference information
for local adolescents with AIS.
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