Overview

Treatment of Sarcopenia in Post-Hip Fracture Patients (0677-032)

Status:
Terminated
Trial end date:
2007-08-01
Target enrollment:
0
Participant gender:
All
Summary
The purpose of this study is to demonstrate an improvement in physical functional recovery, following administration of Drug for 24 weeks, in patients who have recently experienced a hip fracture. This study will also evaluate the safety and tolerability of Drug. This is an early phase trial and some specific protocol information is proprietary and not publicly available at this time. (Full information is available to trial participants).
Phase:
Phase 2
Accepts Healthy Volunteers?
No
Details
Lead Sponsor:
Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.
Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:

- Patient has had surgery for a unilateral hip fracture, and is considered to be
partially or fully weight bearing after the surgery

- Surgical repair of the fracture has occurred no more than 4 days post hip fracture

- Prior to starting the study medication, the patient is enrolled in a rehabilitation
program (as an in-patient or as an out-patient)

- Patient is judged to have been able to ambulate independently at home prior to their
hip fracture (able to walk indoors in a familiar setting with little or no aid from
another person)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patient has an unstable medical condition

- Patient has a hip fracture that is due to bone pathology other than osteoporosis
(e.g., malignancy, or Paget's Disease), or major trauma (e.g. motor vehicle accident).

- Patient has Type I diabetes

- Patient has Type II diabetes with any of conditions;

1. Patient is currently taking more than one anti-hyperglycemic agent, or is taking
a single combination anti-hyperglycemic drug containing more than one
anti-hyperglycemic medication

2. Patient is currently receiving insulin. Note: A short-term course of insulin
required for glycemic control post hip fracture surgery is not exclusionary

3. Patient has diabetic retinopathy

4. Patient is unwilling or unable to monitor glucose at home

- Patient has been diagnosed with any neuromuscular or neurological disease causing
muscle weakness

- Patient has cancer, or had a diagnosis of any malignancy within the last 5 years,
except for adequately treated basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer, or adequately
treated in situ cervical cancer

- Patient has active carpal tunnel syndrome

- Patient was living in a nursing home prior to the hip fracture (Note: - Patients who
were living in an assisted-living facility prior to the hip fracture are eligible for
enrollment)

- Patient was permanently wheelchair bound prior to the hip fracture