Study to Evaluate the Natural History of Osteoporosis in Children and Adolescents With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Completed

Conditions studied: Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic

In brief

This is a study to determine if people with Lupus have weak bones. Test which is a better method for detecting bone changes: * Dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) * Single energy quantitative computed tomography (SEQCT) Evaluate whether weak bones are associated with things like medications or amount of fat and muscle.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00582465

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

243

Starts

1999-07-21

Expected to finish

2004-07-09

Last updated by the study team

2020-04-01

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 22. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus subjects 4/11 of the American College of Rheumatology criteria for SLE (23), age less than 22 years.

You may not qualify if…

• Neonatal SLE or drug-induced Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
• Subjects who are pregnant, and subjects weighing over 300 pounds, as the densitometry techniques are not reliable above this weight.
• Subjects receiving calcium or vitamin D supplementation will not be excluded but this information will be recorded and evaluated further in the dietary/nutritional assessment.

Where it is running

• University of California, San Francisco — San Francisco, California, United States

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