Education and Training
Bone Health in Pediatric Crohn's Disease: A Low Magnitude Mechanical Stimulus Trial
The purpose of this 12-month double blind, placebo controlled randomized trial is to evaluate the effects of daily treatments with low magnitude mechanical stimuli on bone in 160 children with Crohn disease.
Stanford is currently not accepting patients for this trial.
Stanford Investigator(s):
Intervention(s):
- device: Low magnitude mechanical stimulus
- device: Placebo (inactive) low magnitude mechanical stimulus
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 8-21 years
- Diagnosis of Crohn disease > 6 months
- Tibia vBMD z-score < 25th%tile for age and sex
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pregnancy
- Weight > 250 lb
- Medical illness (unrelated to Crohn)
- Cognitive/developmental disorder
- Do not speak English
- > 1 primary residence
- Unwilling to commit to 2 year study
- Sibling or cousin enrolled in trial
Ages Eligible for Study
8 Years - 21 Years
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Not currently accepting new patients for this trial
Contact Information
Stanford University
School of Medicine
300 Pasteur Drive
Stanford,
CA
94305
Not Recruiting