Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Bone Mineral Density in Childhood and Adolescence

Completed

Conditions studied: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus

In brief

Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus is a disease that has an effect on bone mineral density. It is unclear how and when it effects the bone density. The investigators are studying the effects of diabetes on bone mass compared to children without diabetes.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01605149

Run by

Creighton University

People needed

60

Starts

2012-07-01

Expected to finish

2013-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-03-27

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• We will recruit children from age 5 to age 18 with a diagnosis of Type 1 DM. Children will have various lengths of time since diagnosis.

You may not qualify if…

• We will exclude children on anticonvulsants or steroids and children with other concomitant illnesses that interfere with bone mass accrual, except for hypothyroidism on treatment.

Where it is running

• Creighton University — Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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