About this trial

A prospective, single-arm, intervention study of oral alendronate in adults with sickle cell disease and osteonecrosis

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age 18-80 years with SCD (any genotype, confirmed by hemoglobin electrophoresis or high performance liquid chromatography)

Ability to provide written informed consent

Ability to lay on a dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) scanner

Negative urine pregnancy test for anyone of childbearing potential at study entry

Disqualifiers

Pregnant women

Adults unable to consent

Individuals who are not yet adults (infants, children, teenagers)

Prisoners

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Alendronate Sodium

Treatment groups

30 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group

Locations

1
UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center95817, SacramentoCalifornia, United States

Sponsors and collaborators

University of California, Davis

Lead sponsor

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

Collaborator

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation

Collaborator