Clinical Study Details

Title

Description

The study is an observational study to evaluate skeletal risk factors in children and adolescents with Leukemia or Eating Disorders.

We are conducting a study to compare two radiographic methods in assessing bone strength: DXA and pQCT.  pQCT is a new three-dimensional method that looks at aspects of bone shape and size, and should be much better for examining growing bone. A better understanding of the factors that contribute to bone strength will help us reduce or prevent children and adult osteoporosis now and in the future.

Eligibility

To be eligible you must:

• Be 9 to less than 21 years of age
• Have had Anorexia Nervosa or Eating Disorder Not Otherwise Specified diagnosed within the past 5  years
OR
• Have had Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia and completed chemotherapy/radiation therapy at least 1 year ago

Procedures

Subjects will undergo radiologic tests, dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and 3-dimensional peripheral quantitative computerized tomography (pQCT), to assess their bone strength and identify those at greater risk for bone fragility.

Costs for DXA will be charged to your medical insurance or covered by the study. You will not be charged for pQCT.

The DXA and pQCT will be performed at

Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
5700 Martin Luther King Jr Way
Oakland, California 94609
Phone 510-450-7600 • Fax 510-450-7910
website: CHORI.org

Please see the driving directions to CHORI

Contact

To learn more contact:
At Stanford: Diane Suchet, M.D., or Laura Bachrach, M.D. at 650-723-5791 or ask Rebecka Peebles, M.D., or  your treating physician in the Pediatric Eating disorder clinic. You can also ask Gary Dohl, M.D. or any treating physician in the Pediatric Oncology clinic.

At CHORI: Please contact Carla Golden, M.D. or any treating physician in the Pediatric Oncology clinic.

For questions about research participants' rights, contact 650-723-5244 or toll-free 1-866-680-2906.

Please review the consent and assent forms for more information.

• Consent
• Assent form for minors (under age 18)