What is the Best Policy to Prevent Osteoporotic Fracture?

This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.

Verified by National Taiwan University Hospital, January 2005

Sponsored by:	National Taiwan University Hospital
Information provided by:	National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00173693

Purpose

This study aims to conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis (CEA) among the programs for preventing osteoporotic fracture. The main comparison will be made among the effects of three programs for preventing osteoporotic fractures: 1. health education; 2. exercise intervention for enhancing bone mineral density (BMD); 3. exercise intervention for preventing falls. The “cost” will be measured bases on the monetary cost of implementation of each program. The “effectiveness” will be measured includes the number of prevented osteoporotic fractures of each program, and related outcomes are the follows: 1. the medical cost of osteoporotic fracture; 2. the change of BMD in consecutive years; 3. the quality of life (QOL) of patients with osteoporotic fracture as compared to the reference population.

Condition	Intervention
Osteoporosis Or Osteopenia	Behavioral: exercise for strength, balance, health education

MedlinePlus related topics: Exercise and Physical Fitness Fractures Minerals Osteoporosis

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Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety Study

Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Bone mineral density, osteoporotic fracture

Secondary Outcome Measures:

CEA, Osteoporosis, Fracture, Prevention, Exercise

Estimated Enrollment:	300
Study Start Date:	January 2006
Estimated Study Completion Date:	December 2010

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Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

post menopausal women or male over 65 y/o

Exclusion Criteria:

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00173693

Contacts

Contact: J Y Tsauo, PhD

886-2-23123456

Locations

Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 100

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

Study Director:

J Y Tsauo, PhD

Grad School of PT, College of Medicine, NTU

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	9461700347
Study First Received:	September 12, 2005
Last Updated:	September 12, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00173693
Health Authority:	Taiwan: Department of Health

Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

CEA, Osteoporosis, Fracture, Prevention, Exercise

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Musculoskeletal Diseases
Fractures, Bone
Osteoporosis
Bone Diseases, Metabolic
Bone Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009