Adherence to Osteoporosis Treatment and Physicians' Perception Regarding Osteoporosis Medication

NCT ID: NCT02472782

Last Updated: 2019-01-10

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

851 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-05-31

Study Completion Date

2018-12-15

Brief Summary

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This is a study aiming to investigate a possible correlation between the parameters affecting the physicians' therapeutic choice with the patients' overall adherence to osteoporosis treatment. Secondary end-points include correlation between the parameters affecting the physicians' therapeutic choice and the patients' quality of life as well as the evaluation of the whole osteoporosis treatment approach of orthopedic surgeons in Greece (diagnostic means, use of diagnostic and treatment guidelines, methodology of follow - up).

Detailed Description

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The study will include 100 orthopedic surgeons from the private sector working in private offices. The selection of this group of physicians resides on the fact that orthopedic surgeons working in private offices hold more than 60% of osteoporosis prescriptions in Greece.

Each physician will fill once a questionnaire regarding the parameters affecting his/her choice of osteoporosis treatment before entering any patient in the study. Following the completion of the questionnaire every physician will recruit up to 10 patients in the study who are eligible for osteoanabolic treatment (teriparatide) according to standard medical practice and the Greek osteoporosis treatment guidelines.

Each patient will receive teriparatide up to 24 months while he/she will fill the Greek EQ5D questionnaire on months: 0,12,24 or at early discontinuation. Adherence to treatment will be evaluated at the same time points as well as on monthly telephone interviews.

Both the adherence to treatment and the possible alteration of patients' quality of life (evaluated through the EQ5D questionnaire) during the study will be correlated with the parameters affecting the initial therapeutic decision of the physician

Conditions

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Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal Osteoporosis, Steroid Induced

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Interventions

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Teriparatide

The study will include patients from pre-defined groups of individuals (postmenopausal, male, and steroid-induced osteoporosis) who would any way receive teriparatide for their condition according to standard medical practice and Greek treatment guidelines

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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osteo-anabolic treatment

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Female patients with postmenopausal osteoporosis (T-score ≤-2,5 SD at any skeletal site) under osteoporosis treatment (except teriparatide) for at least one year with a history of ≥ low-energy fracture during the last 10 years prior the study.
* Male patients ≥ 50 years old with idiopathic osteoporosis (T-score ≤-2,5 SD at any skeletal site) under osteoporosis treatment (except teriparatide) for at least one year with a history of ≥ low-energy fracture during the last 10 years prior the study.
* Male and female patients with steroid-induced osteoporosis (T-score ≤-2,5 SD at any skeletal site) under osteoporosis treatment (except teriparatide) for at least one year with a history of ≥ low-energy fracture during the last 10 years prior the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Prior use of teriparatide or PTH(1-84)
* Hypersensitivity to teriparatide regimen.
* Pregnancy and lactation.
* Hypercalcamia.
* Renal deficiency (eGFR \< 30 ml/min).
* Other bone metabolic diseases (including hyperparathyroidism and Paget's disease) except primary osteoporosis or steroid induced osteoporosis .
* Uninterpretable increases of alkaline phosphatase (ALP)
* Prior skeletal radiotherapy.
* Skeletal malignancies or bone metastases
Minimum Eligible Age

35 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation (www.http://heliost.gr/en/)

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Dr Polyzois Makras

Deputy Director, Dpt of Endocrinology & Diabetes

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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George Lyritis, Professor

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Hellenic Osteoporosis Foundation

Locations

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251 Hellenic Air Force & VA General Hospital

Athens, Attica, Greece

Site Status

Countries

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Greece

References

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Briot K, Ravaud P, Dargent-Molina P, Zylberman M, Liu-Leage S, Roux C. Persistence with teriparatide in postmenopausal osteoporosis; impact of a patient education and follow-up program: the French experience. Osteoporos Int. 2009 Apr;20(4):625-30. doi: 10.1007/s00198-008-0698-8. Epub 2008 Jul 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18661089 (View on PubMed)

Lyritis GP, Rizou S, Galanos A, Makras P. Incidence of hip fractures in Greece during a 30-year period: 1977-2007. Osteoporos Int. 2013 May;24(5):1579-85. doi: 10.1007/s00198-012-2154-z. Epub 2012 Oct 13.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 23064370 (View on PubMed)

Cramer JA, Roy A, Burrell A, Fairchild CJ, Fuldeore MJ, Ollendorf DA, Wong PK. Medication compliance and persistence: terminology and definitions. Value Health. 2008 Jan-Feb;11(1):44-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4733.2007.00213.x.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 18237359 (View on PubMed)

Huybrechts KF, Ishak KJ, Caro JJ. Assessment of compliance with osteoporosis treatment and its consequences in a managed care population. Bone. 2006 Jun;38(6):922-8. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2005.10.022. Epub 2005 Dec 5.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16330270 (View on PubMed)

Hadji P, Claus V, Ziller V, Intorcia M, Kostev K, Steinle T. GRAND: the German retrospective cohort analysis on compliance and persistence and the associated risk of fractures in osteoporotic women treated with oral bisphosphonates. Osteoporos Int. 2012 Jan;23(1):223-31. doi: 10.1007/s00198-011-1535-z. Epub 2011 Feb 10.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21308365 (View on PubMed)

Netelenbos JC, Geusens PP, Ypma G, Buijs SJ. Adherence and profile of non-persistence in patients treated for osteoporosis--a large-scale, long-term retrospective study in The Netherlands. Osteoporos Int. 2011 May;22(5):1537-46. doi: 10.1007/s00198-010-1372-5. Epub 2010 Sep 14.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20838773 (View on PubMed)

Arden NK, Earl S, Fisher DJ, Cooper C, Carruthers S, Goater M. Persistence with teriparatide in patients with osteoporosis: the UK experience. Osteoporos Int. 2006;17(11):1626-9. doi: 10.1007/s00198-006-0171-5. Epub 2006 Jul 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16823543 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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076/AD7592/S1684/6-5-2015

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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