Encouraging Calcium Absorption and Bone Formation During Early Puberty

Completed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Osteoporosis, Osteopenia

In brief

Increasing bone mass during puberty can ultimately decrease the risk of developing osteoporosis, which causes bones to weaken and break more easily later in life. The purpose of this study is to compare calcium absorption and bone growth in boys and girls on diets including either a nondigestible oligosaccharide (NDO) or simple sugar.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00022867

Run by

Baylor College of Medicine

People needed

100

Starts

2001-05-01

Expected to finish

2006-11-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-07-24

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

• Children's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine — Houston, Texas, United States

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