Effects of Anorexia Nervosa on Bone Mass in Adolescents

Summary

This study is to determine the effects of anorexia nervosa on bone mass and hormone levels in adolescents. Whether administration of estrogen, a normal hormone present during puberty, can help maintain bone development in girls with anorexia nervosa will be determined.

Timeline

Start

2003-07

Primary completion

2011-02

Completion

2011-06

Publications

• Results Misra M, Katzman D, Miller KK, Mendes N, Snelgrove D, Russell M, Goldstein MA, Ebrahimi S, Clauss L, Weigel T, Mickley D, Schoenfeld DA, Herzog DB, Klibanski A. Physiologic estrogen replacement increases bone density in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa. J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Oct;26(10):2430-8. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.447.
• Misra M, Katzman DK, Estella NM, Eddy KT, Weigel T, Goldstein MA, Miller KK, Klibanski A. Impact of physiologic estrogen replacement on anxiety symptoms, body shape perception, and eating attitudes in adolescent girls with anorexia nervosa: data from a randomized controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry. 2013 Aug;74(8):e765-71. doi: 10.4088/JCP.13m08365.
• Faje AT, Fazeli PK, Katzman DK, Miller KK, Breggia A, Rosen CJ, Mendes N, Klibanski A, Misra M. Sclerostin levels and bone turnover markers in adolescents with anorexia nervosa and healthy adolescent girls. Bone. 2012 Sep;51(3):474-9. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2012.06.006. Epub 2012 Jun 15.

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