Status:
COMPLETED
Patient- and Physician-Based Osteoporosis Education
Lead Sponsor:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Arthritis Foundation
Conditions:
Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
PHASE1
Brief Summary
Osteoporosis is an important public health problem. Osteoporosis can cause serious health complications and death and leads to increased medical costs. The purpose of this study is to identify an effe...
Detailed Description
Osteoporosis affects a large and growing proportion of the population. Multiple drugs for the prevention and treatment of osteoporosis have been developed, tested, and proven effective in the last dec...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Inclusion Criteria For Patients:
- PACE beneficiaries who filled at least one prescription for a drug of any type in the year prior to the study
- At high risk for osteoporosis: women and men 75 years or older, patients taking glucocorticoids or psychoactive medications, patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, and patients with a past fracture
- Have had an outpatient visit with a participating doctor based on Medicare outpatient claims
- Inclusion Criteria For Physicians:
- Primary prescribing physicians for PACE beneficiaries
Exclusion
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2003
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
End Date :
June 1 2006
Estimated Enrollment :
30000 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00073190
Start Date
September 1 2003
End Date
June 1 2006
Last Update
December 16 2013
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1
Daniel H. Solomon MD, MPH
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115