{"id":2942,"date":"2021-12-08T20:39:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T20:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusfoundation.org\/?post_type=sw_disease_condition&#038;p=2942"},"modified":"2025-04-16T09:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T13:57:00","slug":"osteopenia","status":"publish","type":"sw_disease_condition","link":"https:\/\/www.fusfoundation.org\/diseases-and-conditions\/osteopenia\/","title":{"rendered":"Osteopenia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-focused-ultrasound-therapy\">Focused Ultrasound Therapy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound is a noninvasive, therapeutic technology with the potential to improve the quality of life and decrease the cost of care for patients with osteopenia (weak bones) and its more severe form, osteoporosis. This novel technology focuses beams of ultrasound energy precisely and accurately on targets deep in the body without damaging surrounding normal tissue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How it Works<\/strong><br>Where the beams converge, focused ultrasound produces several therapeutic effects that are being evaluated. One is the heating of tissue, and a second is direct physical effects that result in improving bone production. A third is therapeutic delivery of bone strengthening components. While significant preclinical work has been accomplished, there is still much to be done before this technology will be widely available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Advantages<\/strong><br>The primary options for treatment of osteopenia are limited, and include medication and potentially surgery.<br><br>For certain patients, focused ultrasound could provide a noninvasive alternative to surgery with less risk of complications \u2013 such as surgical wound healing or infection \u2013 at a lower cost. It can reach the desired target without damaging surrounding tissue and is repeatable, if necessary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-clinical-trials\">Clinical Trials<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At the present time, there are no clinical trials recruiting patients for focused ultrasound treatment of osteopenia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foundation updates these pages regularly, but with the increasing number of clinical trials, we want to be sure that our audience has the latest information available. Therefore, we also added the website search information for the above trials. If you click <a href=\"https:\/\/clinicaltrials.gov\/search?cond=Osteopenia&amp;term=focused%20ultrasound&amp;aggFilters=status:not%20rec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a>, it will take you to the latest information available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>https:\/\/www.clinicaltrials.gov\/<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-regulatory-approval-and-reimbursement\">Regulatory Approval and Reimbursement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Focused ultrasound treatment for osteopenia is not yet approved by regulatory bodies or covered by medical insurance companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-notable-papers\">Notable Papers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Song, B., Park, J., Kim, B. et al.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s13770-020-00256-6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>A Combinational Therapy of Articular Cartilage Defects: Rapid and Effective Regeneration by Using Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound After Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cell Transplantation<\/strong><\/a>. Tissue Eng Regen Med (2020).\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13770-020-00256-6\"><strong>https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s13770-020-00256-6<\/strong><\/a><br><br>Bucknor M, Reike V, Seo Y, Horvai A, Hawkins R, Majumdar S, Link T, Saeed M.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/25302829\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Bone Remodeling after MR Imaging\u2013guided High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound Ablation: Evaluation with MR Imaging, CT, Na18F-PET, and Histopathologic Examination in a Swine Model<\/strong><\/a>. Radiology: Volume 274: Number 2\u2014February 2015 10.1148\/radiol.14132605<br><br>Padilla F, Puts R, Vico L, Raum K.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.1016\/j.ultras.2014.01.004\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Stimulation of bone repair with ultrasound: A review of the possible mechanic effects<\/strong><\/a>. Ultrasonics 54 (2014) 1125\u20131145<br><br>Wilson CG, Mart\u00edn-Saavedra FM, Padilla F, Fabiilli ML, Zhang M, Baez AM, Bonkowski CJ, Kripfgans OD, Voellmy R, Vilaboa N, Fowlkes JB, Franceschi RT.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/24460731\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Patterning expression of regenerative growth factors using high intensity focused ultrasound<\/strong><\/a>. Tissue Eng Part C Methods. 2014 Oct;20(10):769-79. doi: 10.1089\/ten.TEC.2013.0518. Epub 2014 Mar 11. 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