Status:

RECRUITING

Abaloparatide vs. Placebo in Post-Menopausal Women and Abaloparatide in Men Receiving Initial Spinal Fusion Surgery

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital for Special Surgery, New York

Conditions:

Spinal Fusion

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a prospective randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, phase 2, 12-month pilot to study the efficacy of abaloparatide in postmenopausal women needing lumbar spinal fusion surgery. A tot...

Detailed Description

This is a prospective randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, phase 2, 12-month pilot to study the efficacy of abaloparatide in postmenopausal women needing lumbar spinal fusion surgery. Seven...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Postmenopausal women (defined as \>12 months since last menstrual cycle) OR men
  • Age of 50 years or older
  • Requiring posterolateral lumbar spine fusion surgery (L1-2; L2-3; L3-4; L4-5, L5-S1) with single or multi-level fusion for degenerative conditions of the lumbar spine (including lumbar degenerative disk disease, severe instability, high grade spondylolisthesis, deformity, degenerative scoliosis, pseudoarthrosis, and spinal stenosis) under the care of spine surgeons at the Hospital for Special Surgery.

Exclusion

  • Hypersensitivity to abaloparatide
  • Patients with increased risk of osteosarcoma: Paget's disease, prior radiation therapy
  • Patients with active hypercalcemia or current diagnosis of hyperparathyroidism
  • History of multiple renal calculi or renal calculus within 2 years
  • Unexplained elevations in alkaline phosphatase
  • Evidence of metastatic cancer or multiple myeloma.
  • Patients unwilling to take placebo or abaloparatide.
  • Patients whose surgery is for a revision to a prior lumbar spinal fusion surgery
  • Chronic oral steroids (\>= 7.5 mg prednisone/d currently and for more than 1 month) for an inflammatory comorbid diagnosis
  • Patients who cannot understand and sign the informed consent
  • Patients who are unable to meet the proposed follow-up schedule
  • Patients with \>1 year of prior cumulative treatment with Forteo and/or Tymlos, or any use of Forteo or Tymlos within the 6 months prior to enrollment.
  • Patients who have received bisphosphonate treatment of \>1 year in past 5 years
  • Patients who are current smokers

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 14 2019

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

September 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

96 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03841058

Start Date

August 14 2019

End Date

September 1 2026

Last Update

July 25 2025

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Hospital for Special Surgery

New York, New York, United States, 10021