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| Name | Class |
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| University of Kansas | OTHER |
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The purpose of this study is to determine what effect teriparatide will have on vascular (blood vessel) compliance and osteoprotegerin (bone fluid)and RANKL levels (bone cells).
Research subjects participation is about 6 months. Subjects will give themselves daily injections of teriparatide after instruction on technique.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| 1 | Experimental | Teriparatide |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| teriparatide | Drug | Teriparatide |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| The study measures changes in vascular compliance with teriparatide 1 hour, 3 months, and 6 months after initiating teriparatide. Osteoprotegerin and RANKL levels | baseline, 3, and 6 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| CRP levels | Baseline and at 6 months of therapy |
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Exclusion Criteria:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Leland Graves, III, MD | University of Kansas Medical Center | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Kansas Medical Center | Kansas City | Kansas | 66160 | United States |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010024 | Osteoporosis |
| ID | Term |
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| D001851 | Bone Diseases, Metabolic |
| D001847 | Bone Diseases |
| D009140 | Musculoskeletal Diseases |
| D008659 | Metabolic Diseases |
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| ID | Term |
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| D019379 | Teriparatide |
| ID | Term |
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| D010281 | Parathyroid Hormone |
| D036361 | Peptide Hormones |
| D006728 | Hormones |
| D006730 | Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists |
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| D009750 |
| Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D010455 | Peptides |
| D000602 | Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins |