Improving the outcome for patients after osteoporotic femoral fracture

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Improving the outcome for patients after osteoporotic femoral fractures

• IRAS ID

  30428

• Contact name

  pgiannoudi

• Sponsor organisation

  Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust

• Eudract number

  2009-015058-38

• ISRCTN Number

  33363553

• Research summary

  Osteoporosis is a common disease in the elderly, and the fractures that result from this disorder affect 40% of women and 14% of men over the age of fifty. This study was designed to test if it is possible to accelerate the healing of these fractures at the areas of the hip or around the knee with the systemic administration of therapeutic agents (tablets or injections), and if by doing so pain and functional impairment will be reduced.

• REC name

  Yorkshire & The Humber - Leeds West Research Ethics Committee

• REC reference

  09/H1307/89

• Date of REC Opinion

  15 Jan 2010

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion