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First received: July 07, 2023

Clinical Trial: Genetic Regulators of Bone Health That Are Unique to Vertebral Bone

Study Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Recruit Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Condition: Age-Related Osteoporosis

Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL


Official Title: Identification and Characterization of Genetic Regulators of Bone Health That Are Unique to Vertebral Bone.

Brief Summary: Osteoporosis is an age related disease in which a person's bone slowly becomes weaker with time.The bones may become so weak that they break easily such as a fall from standing height.The most commonly broke bones in osteoporosis are those of the hip, the spine or the wrist.Osteoporosis runs in families meaning that genetic differences explain why some people break bones in old age and other do not.Genetic studies have been done that show the the genes associated with spine (vertebral) fractures (broken…

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