Osteoporosis Associated Vertebral Fractures - Medical and Socio-economic Aspects in Austria

Completed

• Conditions: Osteoporotic Fractures

• Registration Number: NCT02403726
• Lead Sponsor: Medical University of Vienna

Brief Summary

The purposes of this study were to analyse demographic, medical, gender and socio-economic aspects of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Status Verified: 2015-03
• Primary Completion: 2015-03
• Study First Submitted: 2015-03-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2015-03-25
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-03-25
• Study First Posted: 2015-03-31
• Last Update Posted: 2015-03-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 694

Inclusion Criteria

-patients older than 50 years of age with vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine caused by a low-energy trauma or without any trauma, or with vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine with typical osteoporotic deformity of the vertebrae (wedge, fish, or flat)

Exclusion Criteria

• patients younger than 50 years of age
• vertebral fractures at the cervical spine
• vertebral fractures at the thoracic or lumbar spine caused by a high-energy trauma (motor-vehicle accident, sports-related accident, fall from a considerable height)
• patients suffering from a malignancy, making a pathological fracture presumably, patients with vertebral fractures, whose dataset of follow-up monitoring was lacking, to make an evaluation of osteoporotic involvement impossible

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
gender aspects	at least two year follow up	gender aspects (sex) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment
socio economic aspects	at least two year follow up	socio-economic aspects (cost ratio) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment
demographic aspects	at least two year follow up	demographic aspects (age, social status) of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with either operation or non operative treatment