Study Evaluating Changes In Bone Mineral Density (BMD), And Safety Of Rhbmp-2/CPM In Subjects With Decreased BMD

Inclusion Criteria:

• Community-dwelling, ambulatory (with or without assistive device), postmenopausal females, age greater than 65 years.
• BMD T-score (total hip or femoral neck) of -2.5 or less in at least 1 hip. Subjects with BMD T-scores of -2.0 or less may be enrolled if at least one of the following risk factors is also present:
• Age greater than 75 years
• Family (maternal) history of fragility fracture
• Previous fragility fracture (self) after age 45
• Subjects may either be treatment naïve or on a previously-established regimen ( greater than 1year, but less than 5 years duration) of bisphosphonate therapy. Subjects must be willing to comply with 1of the 3 protocol-designated oral bisphosphonates (risedronate, alendronate, or ibandronate sodium) with risedronate considered as first-line therapy.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Metabolic bone disorder or disease affecting bone and mineral metabolism (eg, Paget's disease, vitamin D deficiency [ less than 20 ng/mL], hyperparathyroidism, renal osteodystrophy, osteomalacia, hypocalcemia, hypercalcemia).
• Coagulopathy and/or history of venous thromboembolic events (deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolus, retinal vein thrombosis) within the past 12 months.
• Inflammatory arthritis including rheumatoid, psoriatic, or crystal-induced (gouty) arthritis, or those associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), spondyloarthropathy, Reiters syndrome, or Crohns disease.