Selenium for Musculoskeletal Health

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

123 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-01-31

Study Completion Date

2020-01-31

Brief Summary

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This research aims to determine whether selenium supplements improve bone and muscle health in older women at risk of osteoporosis (low bone density or weak bones) and fracture (broken bones).

Osteoporosis is a major public health problem. One in two women and one in five men over age 50 will have a fracture. Fractures cause pain, disability and reduce life-expectancy. Women with below-average bone density around the time of the menopause might have previously taken hormone replacement (HRT) to prevent osteoporosis, but HRT is much less used now due to side effects. Therefore there is a need for safe, effective and inexpensive preventative interventions for women at risk of osteoporosis.

Selenium is a chemical nutrient present in several human proteins, including anti-oxidants. Anti-oxidants may protect against ageing of tissues, including bone, by mopping up damaging reactive oxygen molecules (sometimes called 'free radicals'). Selenium is present in soil, and so is obtained from many foods. However, soil selenium levels are low in Europe, and dietary intake in the UK is below recommended levels.

We previously found that women with higher blood selenium levels have stronger bones, but this doesn't prove that giving selenium will improve bone strength.

The investigators propose a randomised controlled trial to compare selenium supplements with a placebo (dummy treatment) in women with below-average bone density. The investigators will give selenium (at two different doses) or placebo to 120 women for six months and use blood and urine tests and bone density scans to see if giving selenium does have any effect on bone. The investigators will also do muscle function tests and measurements of free radical molecules.

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Detailed Description

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This is a double-blind, randomised, placebo controlled trial. We will evaluate two doses of selenium (50 and 200mcg) vs placebo over six months.

Participants are postmenopausal women with osteopenia or osteoporosis (T-score -1.0 to -3.0).

The investigators will include participants with any baseline serum selenium concentration for generalisability, but the primary endpoint efficacy analysis will only include women with baseline serum selenium below 120 mcg/l.

Primary endpoint: Urinary N-telopeptide of type I collagen (NTX/Cr). Secondary endpoints: other bone turnover markers, BMD, muscle function, thyroid function, blood glucose, anti-oxidant activity, inflammatory markers The investigators will make the primary analysis based on women with baseline serum selenium below 120 mcg/l. To ensure adequate power for this analysis we will plan to recruit 120 women (we expect that 100 of the 120 will have serum selenium below 120 mcg/l based on our previous cross-sectional study). The investigators will review the baseline serum selenium results when 40 women have been recruited to confirm the expected distribution of baseline levels, and we will adjust the total recruitment number accordingly to ensure at least 99 women with serum selenium below 120mcg/l have been randomised for the final primary endpoint intention-to-treat analysis.

Participants will be randomised according to a schedule produced by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals pharmacy according to their standard operating procedure. Randomisation will be carried out independently of the study investigators using block randomisation. The blind will only be broken if judged by the PI as clinically necessary for the wellbeing of a participant.

The study may be stopped early if the investigators, sponsor or DMEC identify a safety concern.

Trial management will be done by the Academic Unit of Bone Metabolism CTIMP group (who meet monthly), and progress reported to the AUBM management group and Lay Panel. We will establish a TSC and DMEC.

Conditions

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Osteoporosis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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selenase 200mcg

selenium as selenase 200mcg once daily, oral

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

selenase (selenium)

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Selenase (Biosyn, Germany) Sodium selenite pentahydrate

selenase 50mcg

selenium as selenase 50mcg once daily, oral

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

selenase (selenium)

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Selenase (Biosyn, Germany) Sodium selenite pentahydrate

placebo

matched placebo, once daily, oral

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

selenase (selenium)

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Selenase (Biosyn, Germany) Sodium selenite pentahydrate

Interventions

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selenase (selenium)

Selenase (Biosyn, Germany) Sodium selenite pentahydrate

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

women age over 55y at least 5y postemenopausal willing and able to give informed consent lumbar spine or total hip BMD T-score between -1.0 and -3.0 not clinically requiring treatment for osteoporosis

Exclusion Criteria

diabetes mellitus, thyroid dysfunction, any conditions known to affect bone metabolism (such as inflammatory disease, parathyroid disease, malabsorption ), medications known to affect bone metabolism (such as osteoporosis treatment, aromatase inhibitors, anti-epileptics), alcohol intake \>21 units per week, prolonged immobility (\>3 months), fracture in the last year, taken selenium supplements in the last year

Minimum Eligible Age

55 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes