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

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02403726

Enrollment

694

Registered

2015-03-31

Start date

2011-01-31

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-03-31

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Conditions

Osteoporotic Fractures

Brief summary

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

Interventions

PROCEDUREOperation

Analyzation of demographic, medical, gender and socio-economic aspects of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with operation.

PROCEDURENon-operative treatment

Analyzation of demographic, medical, gender and socio-economic aspects of osteoporosis associated vertebral fractures treated with non-operative treatment.

Study design

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

50 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

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

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
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
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

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026