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Study To Investigate Patient Preference On Dosing In Ibandronate And Risedronate In Korean Women With Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Information source: GlaxoSmithKline
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on June 20, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Intervention: Ibandronate (SB743830HD) (Drug)

Phase: Phase 4

Status: Active, not recruiting

Sponsored by: GlaxoSmithKline

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
GSK Clinical Trials, MD, PhD, Study Director, Affiliation: GlaxoSmithKline

Summary

This is a randomized open label, multi-centre study for Korean women with postmenopausal osteoporosis, evaluating the preference for either the once-monthly dosing of ibandronate or the once-weekly dosing of risedronate.

Eligible subjects will be randomised either ibandronate monthly regimen or risedronate weekly regimen.

Treatment period consists of 3 month with ibandronate 150mg and additional 12 week with risedronate 35 mg or vice versa.

After taking the first interventional medicine for 3 months or 12 weeks completely, a subject changes the treatment arm. There is no washout period.

Clinical Details

Official title: An Open-Label, Multi-Centre, Randomized Study to Investigate Patient Preference on Dosing in the Once-Monthly Ibandronate and the Once-Weekly Risedronate in Korean Women With Postmenopausal Osteoporosis. A Six-Month, Two-Sequence, and Two Period Crossover Study

Study design: Treatment, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Crossover Assignment, Efficacy Study

Primary outcome: Proportion(%) of patients who prefer the once-monthly dosing of ibandronate to the once-weekly dosing of risedronate.

Secondary outcome: Percentage of patients who think once-monthly ibandronate dosing is more convenient vs once-weekly risedronate dosing Mean percent change of serum CTx from baseline to visit3 for once-monthly dosing of ibandronate & once-weekly dosing of risedronate

Eligibility

Minimum age: N/A. Maximum age: N/A. Gender(s): Female.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- Women with postmenopausal osteoporosis diagnosed by DXA scanning, defined by T-score

of - 2. 5 SD at spine or femur.

- Patients who have never received bisphosphonates therapy (bisphosphonates naive)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Inability to stand or sit in the upright position for at least 60 minutes;

- Hypersensitivity to any component of risedronate and ibandronate;

- Administration of any investigational drug within 30 days preceding the first dose of

the study drug;

- Patient has been on hormone (estrogen) replacement therapy or other osteoporosis

medication (e. g. SERMS and calcitonin) within the previous 3 months.

- Patient has been on systemic corticosteroids therapy for more than 1 month within the

past year.

- Other bone disease except osteoporosis

- Current medical history of uncontrolled major upper GI disease

Locations and Contacts

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 150-713, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 100-380, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 134-090, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 140-210, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Daegu 700-721, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Gwangju 501-757, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 138-736, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 135-710, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 110-744, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 133-792, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Suwon 443-721, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Daejeon 301-721, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Seoul 120-752, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Jeonju 561-712, Korea, Republic of

GSK Clinical Trials Call Center, Pusan 602-739, Korea, Republic of

Additional Information

Starting date: March 2007
Ending date: May 2008
Last updated: June 9, 2008

Page last updated: June 20, 2008

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