Quality of the Detection & Treatment of Osteoporotic Fractures in a Swiss Trauma Center

Sponsor

Kantonsspital Aarau (Other)

Overall Status

Completed

CT.gov ID

NCT02157753

Collaborator

(none)

478

Enrollment

Location

Duration (Months)

11.7

Patients Per Site Per Month

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

As a tertiary hospital the Traumatology department at the Kantonsspital Aarau looks after about 500 fracture patients hospitalized with an age over 50 years a year. First, we were interested in the effective rate of osteoporotic fractures in this cohort. As to this objective we offered subsequent diagnostics in suspected patients. 2012 we introduced a diagnostic pathway for every patient over 50 years of age with a fracture, including dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA), a questionnaire about risk factors concerning osteoporosis and risk of fracture, the WHO Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) and a laboratory workup focusing on this topic. Considering all these information we sent a detailed therapy-plan to the responsible General practitioner.

The main goal of this study is to verify the persistence and compliance of the osteoporosis therapy 12-15 months after fracture and to clarify any obstacles potentially impeding therapy (prejudice, adverse events, contraindication overlooked, financial problems etc.). The investigators use a postal questionnaire provided to the patient and the general practitioner. Data collection is undertaken by a study nurse, in addition phoning for missing data by phone-call. With the aim to ameliorate the implementation of treatment, patients and general practitioners will be provided with the specifically tailored information found to be missing.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Study Design

Study Type:

Observational

Actual Enrollment :

478 participants

Observational Model:

Cohort

Time Perspective:

Prospective

Official Title:

Osteoporotic Fractures in a Swiss Trauma Center - Observational Study to Improve the Diagnosis and Management of and the Persistence to Therapy.

Study Start Date :

Jul 1, 2012

Actual Primary Completion Date :

Oct 1, 2015

Actual Study Completion Date :

Dec 1, 2015

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

Persistence and compliance with treatment for osteoporosis [12-15 month after initial fracture]
percentage of persons receiving prescription vs. following completely / partially treatment advice both, according to self declaration vs. general practitioner information collection of arguments if therapy was not undertaken

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study:

50 Years and Older

Sexes Eligible for Study:

All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers:

Inclusion criteria:

age over 50 years
any peripheral fracture, which led to hospitalisation in Kantonsspital Aarau, traumatology department

Exclusion Criteria:

no informed consent
age under 50 years
not treated by traumatology department

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Kantonsspital Aarau	Aarau		Switzerland	5001

Sponsors and Collaborators

Kantonsspital Aarau

Investigators

Principal Investigator: Thomas Gross, Prof. Dr. med., Kantonsspital Aarau
Principal Investigator: Christoph Hemmeler, Dr.med., Kantonsspital Aarau

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

Responsible Party:

Thomas Gross, MD, Prof. Dr. med., Kantonsspital Aarau

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:

NCT02157753

Other Study ID Numbers:

2013/036

First Posted:

Jun 6, 2014

Last Update Posted:

Mar 7, 2018

Last Verified:

Mar 1, 2018

Keywords provided by Thomas Gross, MD, Prof. Dr. med., Kantonsspital Aarau

Osteoporotic fracture

treatment for osteoporosis

adherence and compliance

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal

Osteoporotic Fractures

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Mar 7, 2018