Clinical trials: Bone Level
Scoliosis
A Postural Study Comparing Sitting on the Floor Versus Sitting in a Chair While Playing Video Games.
To determine if sitting in a chair or sitting on the floor lends itself to better posture while playing video games.
- Trial name
- NCT01163955
- Testing
- Time to fatigue
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 56 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Glinn and Giordano Physical Therapy
Hypophosphatemia, Familial, Hyperparathyroidism
Effectiveness of Paricalcitol in Reducing Parathyroid Hormone (PTH) Levels in X-linked Hypophosphatemic Rickets
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of paricalcitol, a form of synthetic vitamin D, in lowering parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels and reducing disease symptoms in children and adults with X-linked…
- Trial name
- NCT00417612
- Testing
- Paricalcitol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 33 people
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Fracture of Shaft of Radius and/or Ulna, Metaphyseal Fracture of Bone of Upper Limb
Is Univalving or Bivalving of Long Arm Casts for Forearm Fractures Necessary?
This study aims to examine the need for univalve or bivalve splitting of casts in pediatric patients with forearm fractures following closed reduction and cast application in a randomized, prospective fashion.
- Conditions
- Fracture of Shaft of Radius and/or Ulna, Metaphyseal Fracture of Bone of Upper Limb, Fracture of Upper Limb, Level Unspecified
- Trial name
- NCT02614690
- Testing
- No Split Cast of forearm fractures, Univalve Split Cast of forearm fractures, Bivalve Split Cast of forearm fractures
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn's Disease
Vitamin D Levels in Children With IBD
Research has shown that children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease may have lower levels of vitamin D than healthy children, especially in the winter.
- Conditions
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis
- Trial name
- NCT00621257
- Testing
- ergocalciferol, Cholecalciferol
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 134 people
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Kidney Failure, Chronic, Growth Hormone Deficiency
A Study to Optimize Growth Hormone Dosing in Children With Chronic Kidney Disease by Measuring IGF-1 Levels in Blood
Treatment with growth hormone (GH; a hormone made by the body that stimulates growth) has been shown to be helpful in treating children with chronic kidney disease who fail to grow.
- Trial name
- NCT00212758
- Testing
- Nutropin AQ
- Where
- 8 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people
- Sponsor
- Oregon Health and Science University
Vitamin D Receptor Defect
Association Between Vitamin D Receptor Polymorphism and Serum Vitamin D Levels in Children With Low-Energy Fractures
This study was designed to determine the impact of vitamin D serum levels and vitamin D receptor (VDR) polymorphisms on the occurrence of low energy fractures in children.
- Trial name
- NCT02805647
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 222 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Medical University of Bialystok
Scoliosis
Susceptibility of Motor-Evoked Potentials to Varying Targeted Blood Levels of Dexmedetomidine
Reduction of the spinal cord injuries during scoliosis surgery is a major goal of the anesthesia and surgical team. Despite improvement in scoliosis surgery over the years, the development of neurological deficits remains the…
- Trial name
- NCT00671931
- Testing
- low dexmedetomidine, low propofol, high dexmedetomidine, low propofol, Dexmedetomidine
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 44 people
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Osteoporosis, Hypercholesterolemia
Effect of Atorvastatin on Bone-vascular Axis
Background: Circulating osteoprogenitors and RANKL expression in immune cells have been implicated in the pathogenesis of osteoporosis and vascular calcification.
- Trial name
- NCT02342015
- Testing
- Atorvastatin
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Padova
Hematologic Malignancies
Reduced Intensity, Partially HLA Mismatched BMT to Treat Hematologic Malignancies
If transplantation using mismatched unrelated donors or non-first-degree relatives could be performed with an acceptable toxicity profile, an important unmet need would be served.
- Trial name
- NCT01203722
- Testing
- Fludarabine, Cytoxan, Total Body Irradiation
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 87 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins
Idiopathic Short Stature, Failure to Thrive
Ghrelin Levels in Children With Poor Growth
The investigators hypothesize that low serum ghrelin levels may characterize a group of patients with poor weight gain and/or linear growth who do not have any other identified cause for growth failure.
- Trial name
- NCT01070173
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 52 people
- Sponsor
- Tripler Army Medical Center
Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)
Long Term Follow up Study of Long-acting hGH (MOD-4023) in Growth Hormone Deficient Children
Protocol CP-4-004-OLE (Open Label Extension) is designed as a long-term, open-label extension using single patient use, multi-dose, disposable pre-filled pen.
- Trial name
- NCT02500316
- Testing
- MOD-4023
- Where
- 13 sites in United States, Belarus and 4 more
- Volunteers
- 48 people
- Sponsor
- OPKO Health, Inc.
Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)
Safety, PK/PD (Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics) and Efficacy of ACP-001 Weekly Versus Daily hGH in Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD)
A six month study of ACP-001, a long-acting growth hormone product, versus standard human growth hormone therapy. ACP-001 will be given once-a-week, standard human growth hormone (hGH) will be given on a daily basis.
- Trial name
- NCT01947907
- Testing
- ACP-001, Human Growth Hormone
- Where
- 36 sites in Belarus, Bulgaria and 12 more
- Volunteers
- 53 people
- Sponsor
- Ascendis Pharma A/S