NCT00175175

Randomized Trial of Osteoporosis Intervention Strategies in Hip Fracture Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 220 (planned)
• Sponsor: University of Alberta · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Patients with hip fractures have suffered the most devastating consequence of osteoporosis; and yet, they are rarely if ever tested or treated for the condition, even though they remain at high risk of recurrent fracture. We hypothesize that, compared with usual care, an allied health professional-run osteoporosis service (case management) will be able to increase testing and treatment of osteoporosis in patients at high risk of fracture.

Detailed description

Patients with hip fractures have suffered the most devastating consequence of osteoporosis; and yet, they are rarely if ever tested or treated for the condition, even though they remain at high risk of recurrent fracture. We hypothesize that, compared with usual care, an allied health professional-run osteoporosis service (case management) will be able to increase testing and treatment of osteoporosis in patients at high risk of fracture.

Conditions

• Osteoporosis
• Hip Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Allied health professional-run osteoporosis service ("case-management")

Timeline

• Start date: 2002-03-01
• First posted: 2005-09-15
• Last updated: 2006-09-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada