Kanakaris, NK, West, RM and Giannoudis, PV (2015) Enhancement of hip fracture healing in the elderly: Evidence deriving from a pilot randomized trial. Injury, 46 (8). 1425 - 1428. ISSN 0020-1383
Abstract
Enhancement of healing of osteoporotic fractures remains a significant objective of contemporary clinical care. Aiming to produce preliminary clinical evidence on the effect of antiosteoporotic drugs on the process of fragility fracture healing, a pilot prospective randomized assessor-blinded trial was performed. The tested hypothesis was that it is possible to accelerate the healing of hip fractures in the presence of osteoporosis with the administration of therapeutic agents. However, significant difficulties of recruitment and completion of follow up did not allow the researchers to produce the preliminary evidence testing the study hypothesis, highlighting the challenges that contemporary clinical investigators face when conducting studies focusing on elderly patients, with high proportion of coinciding factors affecting patients’ eligibility, compliance, and overall outcome. Nevertheless, the significance of enhancing bone healing in this specific patient population, dictates further clinical efforts and future well designed and funded trials of adequate power and level of evidence are desirable to allow the effective and safer management of the consequences of the modern epidemic of osteoporosis.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Keywords: | Fragility fracture; Osteoporosis; Hip fracture; NOF; Antiosteoporotic therapy; Prospective randomized trial |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (Leeds) > Centre for Health Services Research (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 27 Apr 2016 14:46 |
Last Modified: | 27 Apr 2016 14:46 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2015.06.033 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.injury.2015.06.033 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:92416 |