The Effect of Severe Weight Loss and Protein Intake on Bone

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Weight Loss

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn whether the amount of dietary protein can influence bone health during the weight loss after weight loss surgery.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00472680

Run by

Rutgers University

People needed

5

Starts

2010-03-01

Expected to finish

2016-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2022-02-01

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 70. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Women ages 18 to 70 who are undergoing gastric bypass surgery
• Must live in the geographic vicinity of Rutgers University

You may not qualify if…

• Currently on any medication known to influence calcium or bone metabolism, including HRT, or with evidence of diseases known to influence calcium metabolism (i.e. metabolic bone disease, hyperparathyroidism, untreated thyroid disease, significant immune, hepatic, or renal disease, significant cardiac disease [i.e., heart attack or stroke in the past 6 months., abnormal EKG], active malignancy or cancer therapy within the past year)
• History of kidney stones
• Weight gain or weight loss (5% of body wt) within 3 months prior to recruitment
• Participation in other investigational studies during the 12-month study period
• Usually have a very high or low intake of calcium (more than 1500 or less than 500 mg per day)

Where it is running

• Rutgers University — New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

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