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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00593580
Date of registration: 04/01/2008
Primary sponsor: British Columbia Cancer Agency
Public title: Bone Health in Gynecologic Cancers-does FOSAVANCE Help? FOSAVANCE
Scientific title: The Impact of Bisphosphonates on Bone Loss in Patients Undergoing Surgery and Postoperative Chemotherapy for Gynecologic Malignancies.
Date of first enrolment: February 2008
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00593580
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
Canada
Contacts
Name:   Jessica McALpine, MD
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Affiliation:  UBC/BCCA
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Postmenopausal (surgical extirpation of ovaries)

2. Primary ovarian or endometrial cancer

3. Planned to receive multiagent chemotherapeutic regimen for 6 cycles

4. Signed informed consent

5. BMD T-score between -2.5 and 0 at any site

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Renal insufficiency with CrCl < 35mL/min

2. BMD T-score < -2.5 at any site

3. Medication, excessive alcohol intake, or GI disease inhibiting GI absorption

4. Metabolic bone disease, bony metastases, poorly controlled thyroid or parathyroid
conditions, Paget's disease, or on hormonal therapy/other treatments for OP

5. Abnormalities of the esophagus which delay esophageal emptying i.e., achalasia

6. Inability to stand or sit upright for at least 30 minutes

7. Hypersensitivity to any component of the drug product

8. Requiring/planned external beam radiation during study period

9. Baseline serum 25(OH) vitamin D levels of < 9ng/mL



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ovarian Cancer
Intervention(s)
Drug: alendronate/cholecalciferol
Drug: placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Bone mineral density [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
9427-UO146-93C
H06-03974
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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