Romosozumab in Women With Chronic SCI

Summary

This two-year open-label pilot clinical trial will evaluate the efficacy and safety of romosozumab to treat bone loss in females with chronic spinal cord injury (SCI) and osteoporosis (OP). Participants will receive monthly injections of romosozumab during the first 12 months of the study. During the second year, participants will take oral alendronate tablets on a weekly basis.

Timeline

Start

2021-03-01

Primary completion

2024-06-10

Completion

2024-06-10

Publications

• Background Cosman F, Crittenden DB, Adachi JD, Binkley N, Czerwinski E, Ferrari S, Hofbauer LC, Lau E, Lewiecki EM, Miyauchi A, Zerbini CA, Milmont CE, Chen L, Maddox J, Meisner PD, Libanati C, Grauer A. Romosozumab Treatment in Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis. N Engl J Med. 2016 Oct 20;375(16):1532-1543. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1607948. Epub 2016 Sep 18.
• Background Saag KG, Petersen J, Brandi ML, Karaplis AC, Lorentzon M, Thomas T, Maddox J, Fan M, Meisner PD, Grauer A. Romosozumab or Alendronate for Fracture Prevention in Women with Osteoporosis. N Engl J Med. 2017 Oct 12;377(15):1417-1427. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1708322. Epub 2017 Sep 11.
• Background Keaveny TM, Crittenden DB, Bolognese MA, Genant HK, Engelke K, Oliveri B, Brown JP, Langdahl BL, Yan C, Grauer A, Libanati C. Greater Gains in Spine and Hip Strength for Romosozumab Compared With Teriparatide in Postmenopausal Women With Low Bone Mass. J Bone Miner Res. 2017 Sep;32(9):1956-1962. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.3176. Epub 2017 Jun 26.

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