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African-American Bone Metabolism and Lactation Study

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00785824

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Official title

A Prospective Cohort Pilot Study of Bone Metabolism in Lactating and Non-lactating Postpartum African-American Women and Healthy Non-pregnant African-American Women

Brief summary

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The primary aim of this study is to obtain measures of amino-terminal telopeptides of procollagen 1 (P1NP), a marker of bone formation, in lactating and non-lactating post-partum African-American women both at 6-8 and at 12-14 weeks post-partum, and to compare these values to those of normal controls. The secondary aim is to obtain at the same time points, measurements of Parathyroid Hormone-related Protein (PTHrP), additional markers of bone turnover \[e.g. N-telopeptide of collagen cross-links (NTx), C-telopeptide of collagen cross-links (Ctx),bone specific alkaline phosphatase (BSAP) and osteocalcin (OC)\], calcium and vitamin D metabolism in these subjects. These results will be compared with a non-African-American cohort of post-partum women and normal controls. The investigators hypothesize that African-American lactating women will have increased bone turnover when compared to non-lactating postpartum women and normal controls. The investigators further hypothesize that bone turnover is increased in lactating women independent of race.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00785824
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Observational
Phase
Not listed
Lead sponsor
University of Pittsburgh
Other
Enrollment
58 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Not listed

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
21 Years to 45 Years
Sex
Female
Healthy volunteers
Accepts healthy volunteers

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Study timeline

Start date
Dec 31, 2008
Primary completion
Oct 31, 2010
Completion
Oct 31, 2010
Last update posted
Oct 30, 2013

2009 – 2010

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15213

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