Status:
COMPLETED
Improving Osteoporosis Care in High-Risk Home Health Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Collaborating Sponsors:
Alacare Home Health and Hospice
Conditions:
Patient Compliance
Communication
Eligibility:
All Genders
Up to 95 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
SPECIFIC AIMS: We propose a three-year study to develop a high-intensity intervention to improve osteoporosis care and test a novel intervention in a group-randomized trial of 27 home health offices a...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Patients will be identified as "at-risk" if they are referred to home health care for post-fracture care or if they are admitted for another reason and have a previous diagnosis of fracture.
Exclusion
- Patients in hospice, with a life expectancy \< 1 year, over 95 years old, or with concomitant metabolic bone diseases (e.g. Paget's disease of bone) will be excluded.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2009
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
667 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00679198
Start Date
March 1 2009
End Date
August 1 2012
Last Update
January 15 2013
Active Locations (1)
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University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Rheumatology
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35294