Status:

COMPLETED

Melatonin Osteoporosis Prevention Study

Lead Sponsor:

Duquesne University

Conditions:

Osteoporosis

Osteopenia

Eligibility:

FEMALE

45-54 years

Phase:

PHASE1

Brief Summary

Osteoporosis is one of the most common skeletal disorders. Today in the United States, 10 million individuals have osteoporosis and 34 million more have low bone mass or osteopenia, which places them ...

Detailed Description

BACKGROUND AND SIGNIFICANCE Osteoporosis is one of the most common skeletal disorders. Today in the United States, 10 million individuals have osteoporosis and 34 million more have low bone mass or os...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria include perimenopausal women,
  • willingness to participate in the 6-month study, willingness to undergo testing of bone turnover markers before and after the drug therapies and willingness to provide a self-assessment on quality of life and sleep throughout the program.
  • Subjects must be willing to take their treatments right before bed and to not to consume alcohol with this medication.

Exclusion

  • Exclusion criteria will include women in whom osteopenia is a result of some other known process such as hyperparathyroidism, metastatic bone disease, multiple myeloma or chronic steroid use.
  • Those individuals on osteoporotic drugs, hypnotics, CYP1A2 inhibiting drugs, fluvoxamine or those with severe sleep apnea, severe COPD and those with moderate or severe hepatic impairment will also be excluded.
  • Individuals who are lactose intolerant will also be excluded because the placebo and melatonin capsules will contain lactose.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

19 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01152580

Start Date

September 1 2008

End Date

July 1 2010

Last Update

March 13 2012

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Duquesne University School of Pharmacy Center for Pharmacy Care

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15282