Status:
COMPLETED
Evaluation of the XtremeCT Device for the Assessment of Bone
Lead Sponsor:
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Conditions:
Peripheral Bone Density
Eligibility:
All Genders
16+ years
Brief Summary
The research is intended to evaluate the short-term reproducibility of the XtremeCT device for measurements of peripheral bone density and bone structure in population-based volunteers from different ...
Detailed Description
The investigators plan to perform high resolution-peripheral quantitative computer tomography (HR-pQCT) using the XtremeCT device in future research studies to investigate the structural changes that ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy subjects
- Willing to participate
- Aged 16-18, 30-32 or ≥ 70 years
Exclusion
- Unable to give informed consent
- Prior fracture of both wrists or both tibiae
- Confirmed fracture of three or more vertebrae between the levels of L1 and L4, or degenerative bone disease preventing three or more vertebrae from being evaluated
- Diagnosis of any disease or condition known to affect bone metabolism
- Use of any medication known to affect bone metabolism
- Pregnancy
- 16-18 and 30-32 year old women will undergo a urine-based pregnancy test at the study site prior to undergoing any study procedures to avoid unnecessary exposure of a foetus to ionizing radiation.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2009
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
May 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
180 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01528423
Start Date
May 1 2009
End Date
May 1 2012
Last Update
June 15 2012
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Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Sheffield, South Yorks, United Kingdom, S5 7AU