Abstracts tagged "osteoporosis and randomized trials"

Abstract Number: 371 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
New Vertebral Fractures after Vertebroplasty: Two Year Results from a Randomised Placebo-Controlled Trial
Margaret P. Staples¹, B Matthew Howe², Michael Ringler², Peter Mitchell³, Chris Wriedt⁴, John Wark⁵, Peter Ebeling⁶, Richard Osborne⁷, David Kallmes² and Rachelle Buchbinder⁸, ¹Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Monash University, Malvern, Australia, ²Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN, ³Department of Radiology, The University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁴MIA Radiology, Melbourne, Australia, ⁵Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia, ⁶Department of Medicine, Monash University, Monash Medical Centre, Melbourne, Australia, ⁷Public Health Innovation, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, ⁸Monash Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Cabrini Institute and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
Background/Purpose: We previously reported the results of a randomized participant and outcome assessor blinded controlled trial that found no beneficial effect of vertebroplasty (VP) over…
Abstract Number: 920 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
A Multimodal Intervention to Improve Osteoporosis Care in Home Health Settings: Results From a Cluster Randomized Trial
Meredith Kilgore¹, Kenneth G. Saag², Jeroan Allison³, Elizabeth Kitchin⁴, Julie L. Locher¹, Amy Mudano⁵, Ryan C. Outman⁶ and Jeffrey R. Curtis⁷, ¹Health Care Organization & Policy, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Div Clinical Immun & Rheum, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³Quantitative Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ⁴Nutrition Sciences, Birmingham, AL, ⁵Rheumatology, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁶Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁷Rheumatology & Immunology, Univ of Alabama-Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Although very effective osteoporosis treatments are available, the rates of use are low, even among individuals who have already experienced a fracture and are…