Efficacy and Safety of Oral Salmon Calcitonin in Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis

Summary

The purpose of this Phase III study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of oral salmon calcitonin in the treatment of patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.

Timeline

Start

2007-05

Primary completion

2010-09

Completion

2010-09

Publications

• Hannani MT, Frederiksen P, Karsdal MA, Bager CL, Bihlet AR, Tunblad K, Oberg F, Collins JE, Kraus VB, Hunter DJ, Bacardit J, Bay-Jensen AC, Thudium CS. Therapeutic subtypes of knee osteoarthritis: differential treatment effects among predicted endotypes in past clinical trials. Arthritis Res Ther. 2026 May 7;28(1):133. doi: 10.1186/s13075-026-03825-7.
• Bay-Jensen AC, Mohamed K, Frederiksen P, Bihlet A, Thudium C, Henriksen K, Karsdal M. Weight loss ameliorates symptoms of osteoarthritis and is correlated with alterations in soluble bone and cartilage markers: an analysis of patient-reported outcomes and biomarkers. BMC Rheumatol. 2026 Feb 28;10(1):30. doi: 10.1186/s41927-026-00628-w.
• Bihlet AR, Bjerre-Bastos JJ, Andersen JR, Byrjalsen I, Karsdal MA, Bay-Jensen AC. Clinical and biochemical factors associated with risk of total joint replacement and radiographic progression in osteoarthritis: Data from two phase III clinical trials. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2020 Dec;50(6):1374-1381. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2020.03.002. Epub 2020 Mar 15.
• Bihlet AR, Byrjalsen I, Bay-Jensen AC, Andersen JR, Christiansen C, Riis BJ, Karsdal MA. Associations between biomarkers of bone and cartilage turnover, gender, pain categories and radiographic severity in knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019 Sep 3;21(1):203. doi: 10.1186/s13075-019-1987-7.
• Bihlet AR, Byrjalsen I, Bay-Jensen AC, Andersen JR, Christiansen C, Riis BJ, Valter I, Karsdal MA, Hochberg MC. Identification of pain categories associated with change in pain in patients receiving placebo: data from two phase 3 randomized clinical trials in symptomatic knee osteoarthritis. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2018 Jan 17;19(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s12891-018-1938-5.
• Karsdal MA, Byrjalsen I, Alexandersen P, Bihlet A, Andersen JR, Riis BJ, Bay-Jensen AC, Christiansen C; CSMC021C2301/2 investigators. Treatment of symptomatic knee osteoarthritis with oral salmon calcitonin: results from two phase 3 trials. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2015 Apr;23(4):532-43. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2014.12.019. Epub 2015 Jan 9.
• Henriksen K, Bay-Jensen AC, Christiansen C, Karsdal MA. Oral salmon calcitonin--pharmacology in osteoporosis. Expert Opin Biol Ther. 2010 Nov;10(11):1617-29. doi: 10.1517/14712598.2010.526104. Epub 2010 Oct 11.

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