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Bone Sparing by Calcium Salts With and Without Extra Phosphorus

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What is being tested

Calcium carbonate

+ Calcium Phosphate

Drug
Who is being recruted

Bone Diseases+2

+ Bone Diseases, Metabolic

+ Metabolic Diseases

From 60 to 85 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Phase 2
Interventional
Study Start: August 2004
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Summary

Principal SponsorCreighton University
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Study start date: August 1, 2004

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Osteoporosis is the most common type of bone disease. Calcium supplements normally used in anti-osteoporosis treatment are calcium salts of carbonate or citrate; however, these salts bind phosphorus from food in the intestine and restrict phosphorus available for bone building. This study will evaluate the efficacy of adding calcium phosphate to a regimen of teriparatide and vitamin D in increasing bone mineral density in women with osteoporosis. It is hypothesized that the group taking the phosphate-containing calcium supplement will have greater gains in bone mineral density (BMD) during the course of the study than the group not receiving phosphate. All participants will receive teriparatide and vitamin D during the course of the 12-month study. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups. One group will receive calcium phosphate and the other will receive calcium carbonate. BMD will be measured at spine and hip at baseline and at 3, 6, and 12 months of treatment.

Official TitleBone Sparing by Calcium Salts With and Without Extra Phosphorus 
NCT00074711
Principal SponsorCreighton University
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

241 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.


Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Female

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 60 to 85 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Bone DiseasesBone Diseases, MetabolicMetabolic DiseasesMusculoskeletal DiseasesOsteoporosis

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: * Bone mineral density (BMD) T-score less than -1.0 * One or more vertebral fractures * Serum creatinine less than 1.3 mg/dL * Serum phosphorus less than 3.6 mg/dL * Daily phosphorus intake below NHANES-III median * Body mass index (BMI) less than 30 kg/m2 Exclusion Criteria: * Paget's disease or history of osteosarcoma * Systemic corticosteroid therapy * Hyperparathyroidism * Recent history of kidney stone * Anticonvulsant therapy known to alter vitamin D metabolism * Radiation therapy to bone

Study Plan

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Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

This study does not include a placebo group 

Treatment Groups

Group I

Active Comparator
Participants will receive teriparatide and vitamin D during the course of the 12-month study. They will also receive calcium carbonate.

Group II

Active Comparator
Participants will receive teriparatide and vitamin D during the course of the 12-month study. They will also receive calcium phosphate.

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

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This study has 1 location

Suspended

Creighton University Medical Center

Omaha, United StatesSee the location
CompletedOne Study Center