Status:
COMPLETED
Green Tea and Tai Chi for Bone Health
Lead Sponsor:
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
Conditions:
Osteoporosis
Eligibility:
FEMALE
Phase:
PHASE1
PHASE2
Brief Summary
Osteoporosis is a major health problem in postmenopausal women. Our long-term goal is to develop a new alternative treatment that include a dietary supplement (green tea extract) and a mind-body exerc...
Detailed Description
This is a 24-week, randomized, and placebo-controlled intervention trial to investigate the effects of green tea polyphenols (GTP) and Tai Chi (TC) on relevant primary and secondary endpoints in postm...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Women at least 2 years after menopause (to ensure established postmenopausal status).
- Sedentary at baseline.
- Normal laboratory evaluation, thyroid function, hepatic function, renal function.
- Osteopenia.
Exclusion
- History of scoliosis, severe osteoarthritis, etc., or other spinal disease that may result in anatomy unsuitable for accurate bone densitometry.
- History of cancer with some exceptions.
- History of metabolic bone disease.
- Having used anabolic steroids, calcitonin, calcitriol, alfacalcidol, etc.
- Fluoride treatment at a dose greater than 1 mg/day any time.
- History of glucocorticoid treatment.
- Any previous treatment with bisphosphonates.
- Uncontrolled intercurrent illness such as symptomatic congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction or stroke, hypertension, or terminal illness.
- Physical conditions that preclude participation of exercise intervention.
- Cognitive impairment.
- Depression.
- History of malabsorption syndrome and uncontrolled diabetes mellitus.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
February 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
171 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00625391
Start Date
February 1 2008
End Date
August 1 2009
Last Update
August 18 2014
Active Locations (1)
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Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, Texas, United States, 79430