Clinical Trial: Osteoporosis and Colles Fracture

Study Status: Terminated
Recruit Status: Terminated
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Low-energy Fracture of the Wrist (Colles Fracture) and Osteoporosis. A Ten Year Follow-up and a Prospective Study

Brief Summary:

The primary purpose of the retrospective study is to determine the incidence of osteoporosis in women with previous Colles Fracture. Secondly, to determine to which extent Colles Fracture has led to a diagnosis and/or treatment of osteoporosis.

The primary purpose of the prospective study is to determine the incidence of osteoporosis in women with an actual Colles Fracture. Secondly, to investigate the consistency between prospective and retrospective data.


Detailed Summary:

Colles Fracture is known to be connected to decreased bone mineral density (BMD). Thus, it can be an early sign of osteoporosis and therefore an increased risk of new fractures.

The results of earlier studies have not been unambiguous in the respect of what extent decreased BMD in the wrist of women with Colles Fracture is synonymous of osteoporosis in the spine and the hip.

An earlier enquiry to the Danish Orthopedic Departments in 1995 showed that only 18 % of the departments diagnosed or referred patients with possible osteoporosis.

The two study designs enhance the possibilities of evaluating the relevance of Low Energy Fractures in the wrist to avoid new fractures and their relation to bone mineral density.

The results could also be a useful tool in quality assurance of the osteoporosis diagnostics.


Sponsor: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Current Primary Outcome:

  • The incidence of Osteoporosis ten years after a Colles Fracture [ Time Frame: years ]
  • The incidence of Osteoporosis in women with an actual Colles Fracture [ Time Frame: years ]


Original Primary Outcome:

  • The incidence of Osteoporosis ten years after a Colles Fracture
  • The incidence of Osteoporosis in women with an actual Colles Fracture


Current Secondary Outcome:

Original Secondary Outcome:

  • The number of women diagnosed and/or treated for osteoporosis
  • The consistency between prospecive and retrospecitve data


Information By: Northern Orthopaedic Division, Denmark

Dates:
Date Received: September 21, 2005
Date Started: July 2004
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 2, 2014
Last Verified: April 2014