High- Versus Low-calcium Water for Bone Health

Last updated: April 27, 2026
Sponsor: I.R.C.C.S Ospedale Galeazzi-Sant'Ambrogio
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

N/A

Condition

Musculoskeletal Diseases

Metabolic Disorders

Bone Density

Treatment

Loading of low-calcium water first, then high-calcium water

Clinical Study ID

NCT05772364
CALIMOS (PI: M Briguglio)
L4179
  • Ages 25-55
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The experimental study investigates which metabolic responses of calcium and parathyroid hormone are observable in blood and urine in a cohort of 41 healthy adults following a sequence of different exposures: low-calcium water first and high-calcium water afterward.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Body mass index ≥ 18 and < 30

  • Maintenance of diet and physical activity lifestyle throughout the duration of thestudy

  • Acceptance of informed consent

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Consumption of water with calcium > 150 mg/L

  • Pregnancy (as established by self-declaration), breastfeeding, menopause

  • Inability to follow the study protocol

  • Cardiac, vascular, renal, and oncological disease

  • Neuropsychiatric disease, developmental disorders

  • Disease or past surgery affecting the gastrointestinal tract

  • Drugs that interfere with bone (e.g. corticosteroids) or with fluid balance (e.g.diuretics)

Study Design

Total Participants: 41
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Loading of low-calcium water first, then high-calcium water
Phase:
Study Start date:
March 02, 2023
Estimated Completion Date:
April 23, 2026

Connect with a study center

  • IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

    Milan, Milan
    Italy

    Site Not Available

  • Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi

    Milan, 20161
    Italy

    Active - Recruiting

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