Bone Microstructure in Nasal Salmon Calcitonin Treated Postmenopausal Women
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-11-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Calcitonin has been used for many years for treating osteoporosis in postmenopausal women.
Recent data from the 2 years placebo-controlled QUEST study have shown a preservation of
microarchitecture as measured by high resolution MRI in postmenopausal women with prevalent
vertebral fractures at baseline.This pilot study should provide additional new insights in
the mode of action of nasal calcitonin, on structural changes as measured by high resolution
peripheral CT, and on the comparison between weight bearing and non weight bearing bones in
postmenopausal women.