NCT03642808

Optimisation of Falls Prevention After Low-energy Osteoporotic Fractures: Feasibility Study

Optimisation of Falls Prevention After Low-energy Osteoporotic Fractures: Feasibility Study Based on a Rheumatology-rehabilitation Collaboration

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 17 (actual)
• Sponsor: Fondation Hôpital Saint-Joseph · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 60 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Within the Groupe Hospitalier Paris Saint-Joseph (GHPSJ), a reinforced medical care of osteoporosis ('Fracture Liaison service') was organized for osteoporotic fractured patients. The evaluation of benefits of this program through a randomized study showed an improvement in diagnostic tests performed (bone densitometry) and antiosteoporotic treatment initiated (OPTIPOST study, being published in BMJ). However, of 323 patients included, 91 presented a new fracture within 12 months. Among them, 40/126 patients (31.7%) were in the reinforced medical care arm. This result clearly demonstrates the need for a specific medical care program for patients with osteoporotic fracture falling regularly.

Detailed description

Only few studies for secondary prevention of falls have been conducted in France yet. This can be partly explained by the complexity of reeducation programs to implement and by organization issues. Moreover, to our knowledge, no study has demonstrated the benefit of such programs on secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures, even though falls prevention is needed. Our objective is to demonstrate with a pilot study the feasibility of a falls secondary prevention program, based on a rheumatology (GHPSJ) and reeducation wards (Hôpital Sainte-Marie Paris : HSMP) collaboration. Considering the innovative nature of both this program and this collaboration, a feasibility study is preferable before conducting a larger multicentric study, evaluating locomoter benefits of this program in comparison with usual primary care.

Conditions

• Osteoporotic Fractures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	rehabilitation program	Availibility of patients to complete a rehabilitation program during 8 weeks and to come back 4 times for a careful medical examination

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-07-27
• Primary completion: 2019-11-27
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2018-08-22
• Last updated: 2023-04-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France