Risedronate treatment for Children with severe Osteogenesis Imperfecta

ISRCTN ISRCTN76376467
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN76376467
Secondary identifying numbers B0696
Submission date
04/02/2002
Registration date
04/02/2002
Last edited
03/11/2011
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Professor Nick Bishop
Scientific

Institute of Child Health
University of Sheffield
Children's Hospital
Western Bank
Sheffield
S10 2TH
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)114 271 7677
Email n.j.bishop@sheffield.ac.uk

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Hospital
Study typeTreatment
Scientific titleBisphosphonate administration in children with severe osteogenesis imperfecta: A prospective randomised double blind controlled study of risedronate
Study acronymRICO trial
Study objectivesChildren aged between four and seventeen who have osteogenesis imperfecta, which is a form of osteoporosis which causes multiple fractures, deformity and stunted growth, are to be offered Risedronate in a clinical trial aimed at increasing bone density.
Ethics approval(s)South Sheffield Research Ethics Committee. Date of approval: 06/12/1999 (ref: SS 98/183)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedOsteogenesis imperfecta
InterventionPatients will be randomised to either low (0.2 mg/kg/week), medium (1 mg/kg/week) or high (2 mg/kg/week) dose of the bisphosphonate risedronate. Treatment will continue for 3 years.
Intervention typeDrug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
PhaseNot Specified
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Bisphosphonate risedronate
Primary outcome measureAdded as of 10/04/2008:
Number of incident non-vertebral fractures in each group at 2 years.
Secondary outcome measuresAdded as of 10/04/2008:
The following were assessed at 2 years:
1. Total body and lumbar spine bone area
2. Bone mineral content
3. Areal bone mineral density and volumetric bone mineral density
Overall study start date31/07/2001
Completion date31/12/2007

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupChild
Lower age limit3 Years
Upper age limit17 Years
SexBoth
Target number of participantsAdded as of 10/04/2008: Planned recruitment: 60; Actual recruitment: 53
Key inclusion criteriaInclusion criteria amended as of 15/04/2008:
1. Children with osteogenesis imperfecta
2. Aged between 3 and 17 ("Aged between 4 and 17" at ethics approval. We subsequently had an approved amendment to reduce the lower age limit to 3 years; this applied to only one child)
3. Both male and female

Inclusion criterion provided at time of registration:
Children with osteogenesis imperfecta
Key exclusion criteriaAdded as of 10/04/2008:
1. Have a history of cancer
2. Have untreated rickets within one year prior to enrollment
3. Evidence of clinically significant organic or psychiatric disease on history or physical examination which in the opinion of the investigator would prevent the patient from completing the study
4. Have markedly abnormal pretreatment laboratory findings, except if in the opinion of the investigator, it would not prevent the patient from completing the study
5. Have a history of using anabolic steroids/estrogens/androgens within one year of enrollment
6. Have a history of using any of the following medications within 6 month of starting study drug for more than one month: calcitonin, vitamin D supplements >1000 IU per day, and calcitriol >1.5 mg/week
7. Have a history of using any bisphosphonate (except for more than a single dose of risedronate) and/or fluoride (>10 mg per day). Have a documented history of an abnormal or allergic reaction to bisphosphonates
8. Pregnancy or sexually active subjects unwilling to take appropriate contraceptive measures
9. Any limb-lengthening procedure within 6 of enrollment
10. Participation in another clinical trial, involving active intervention within 30 days prior to enrollment
11. Serum creatinine >150 µmol/L
Date of first enrolment31/07/2001
Date of final enrolment31/12/2007

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Institute of Child Health
Sheffield
S10 2TH
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)
Charity

Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TD
United Kingdom

Email info@arc.org.uk
Website http://www.arc.org.uk
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/02jkpm469

Funders

Funder type

Charity

Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)

No information available

Alliance for Better Bone Health (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Results article results 01/01/2010 Yes No