Clinical Trial Details
— Status: Completed
Administrative data
NCT number |
NCT05426512 |
Other study ID # |
NKUAthens1 |
Secondary ID |
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Status |
Completed |
Phase |
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First received |
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Last updated |
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Start date |
January 5, 2016 |
Est. completion date |
December 8, 2020 |
Study information
Verified date |
June 2022 |
Source |
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens |
Contact |
n/a |
Is FDA regulated |
No |
Health authority |
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Study type |
Observational
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Clinical Trial Summary
In this study we aimed to evaluate the effect of primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT) on bone
geometry simultaneously at the tibia and the radius, peripheral bone sites with similar
structure but subject to different loading conditions. This evaluation was made by comparing
z-scores of bone parameters measured by peripheral quantitative computed tomography (pQCT).
Description:
Postmenopausal women with primary hyperparathyroidism will be included in the study. The
diagnosis of primary hyperparathyroidism is based on the high levels of parathyroid hormone
and calcium.
Postmenopausal women with kidney failure, liver failure, malabsorption syndromes, women under
medication that can affect the levels of the parathyroid hormone (lithium, thiazide
diuretics) and calcium levels (oestrogen, loop diuretics, denosumab, bisphosphonates),
corticosteroids, and women diagnosed with familial hypocalciuric hypercalcemia will be
excluded from the study.
The control group has similar demographic characteristics and years of menopause with the
patients that have primary hyperparathyroidism. Their calcium and parathyroid hormone levels
are within the normal range and there is an absence of any secondary causes of osteoporosis.
The patients' medical files will be taken from the archives of the Laboratory for research of
the Musculoskeletal System 'Th.Garofalidis', Medical School, National and Kapodistrian
University of Athens, KAT General Hospital of Athens. The records of these patients will be
used for the recording of the total calcium levels, parathyroid hormone levels, vitamin D,
creatinine, albumin, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), along with bone mineral density at the
lumbar spine and femur, with the use of dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DEXA). Moreover,
pQCT measurements of bone parameters in the region 4% (trabecular bone) and 38% (cortical
bone) at the tibia and in the region 4% (trabecular bone) and 20% (cortical bone) at the
radius will be recorded. pQCT bone parameters that will be recorded include total bone
mineral content (tot BMC), cortical bone mineral content (cort BMC), trabecular bone mineral
content (trab BMC), total bone mineral density (tot BMD), cortical bone mineral density (cort
BMD), trabecular bone mineral density (trab BMD), total area (tot AREA), trabecular area
(trab AREA), cortical area (cort AREA), cortical thickness (cort THICK), endocortical and
periosteal circumference (enco C and peri C) and calculation of SSI.
The primary endpoint of the study will be the comparison between the z-scores of the
volumetric bone mineral density of the trabecular (trab BMD) and cortical bone (cort BMD)
between the tibia and the radius. Secondary endpoints will be the differences between
z-scores of the following variables in the region of the tibia and the radius. (trab BMC,
cort BMC, trab AREA, cort AREA, cort THICK, endo C, peri C και SSI). Finally, the study will
focus on if any differences between the z-scores are related to the severity of primary
hyperparathyroidism, as it is defined by the levels of the parathyroid hormone and calcium.