Effect of Dried Plum on Bone and Markers of Bone Status in Men

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Conditions studied: Osteoporosis, Osteopenia

In brief

The principal objective of this study is to examine whether the addition of 100 g dried plum to the diets of men, regardless of their bone status, positively influences their indices of bone turnover in comparison with their corresponding baseline values and the control regimen.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04720833

Run by

San Diego State University

People needed

66

Starts

2016-09-16

Expected to finish

2019-12-15

Last updated by the study team

2021-01-22

Who can join

Age: 50 and older, up to 79. Sex: male. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Healthy men (50-79 year-old)

You may not qualify if…

• endocrine (e.g., prednisone, other glucocorticoids) or neuroactive (e.g., dilantin, phenobarbital) drugs or any drugs known to influence bone and calcium metabolism
• Men whose BMD t-score at any site falls below 2.5 SD of the mean will be excluded from the study and referred to their primary care physician
• subjects treated with calcitonin, bisphosphonates, raloxifene, sodium fluoride, anabolic agents, e.g. PTH and growth hormone, or steroids for less than 3 months prior to the start of the study will be excluded.
• body mass index (BMI) <18 and >30 will be excluded to avoid extremes in leanness/adiposity and to readily allow body composition assessment.
• If subjects smoke 20 cigarettes or more per day, they will be excluded.
• Men who regularly consume dried plum or prune juice will not be accepted into the study.

Where it is running

• School of Exercise and Nutritional Sciences — San Diego, California, United States

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