drugset / Trial / NCT00826228

Effect of Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) and Weight-Bearing on Bone in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI)

NCT00826228

NaSingle-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

Individuals with spinal cord injury sustain significant loss of bone mass in their lower extremities (20-40% or more). This study evaluates the ability of PTH and weight-bearing, two interventions that build bone, to increase bone mass in this population.

Timeline

Start
2009-06
Primary completion
2012-03
Completion
2012-12

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Teriparatide Protein / enzyme biologic 20 ug Subcutaneous