4-Week Study to Assess the Effect of Alendronate and Vitamin D3 Once Weekly on Fractional Calcium Absorption in Postmenopausal Osteoporotic Women (0217A-230)

Summary

To compare change in fractional calcium absorption following administration of MK0217A relative to matching placebo, in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis

Timeline

Start

2004-05

Primary completion

2005-08

Completion

2005-08

Publications

• Results Shapses SA, Kendler DL, Robson R, Hansen KE, Sherrell RM, Field MP, Woolf E, Berd Y, Mantz AM, Santora AC 2nd. Effect of alendronate and vitamin D(3) on fractional calcium absorption in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in postmenopausal osteoporotic women. J Bone Miner Res. 2011 Aug;26(8):1836-44. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.395.

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