Comparing a fracture follow-up service with usual care for osteoporosis
Compares a care-manager follow-up program with usual care in adults with bone fractures.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Randomized Fracture Liaison Services
Key facts
- Where
- Taipei, TaiwanSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 50 and 100 years old?
Source: NCT03178799, who can take part
Where in Taiwan
- National Taiwan University HospitalTaipei, TaiwanNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- National Taiwan University Hospital
- Trial code
- NCT03178799
- Record updated
- 18 May 2026
- Original description
Aims: To compare clinical outcomes for patients under FLS and usual care at the NTUH MH and BB.Read full original descriptionShow less
Fracture Liaison Service：A Randomized Control Trial
Aims: To compare clinical outcomes for patients under FLS and usual care at the NTUH MH and BB.
Method: Four hundred subjects with new hip fracture or newly identified vertebral fracture are randomly assigned into FLS and usual care (UC). FLS subjects received osteoporosis-related assessments, treatments, consultations on diet, medications, exercise, fall preventions given mainly by care managers with followed up telephone call at 4, 8, 12, 18, 24 months then annually for up to 10 years. Care managers will perform baseline assessments and follow them by telephone annually for up to 10 years for UC subjects. Major outcomes include bone mineral density assessment rate, calcium, vitamin D, and osteoporosis medication initiation and adherence rate, fall and fracture incidences, mortality, and healthcare resource utilizations.
Inclusion: Age>=50; New hip fracture from orthopedic ward; Newly identified vertebral fracture (either morphological or clinical)/ old hip fracture without osteoporosis treatment referred by team physicians either inpatients or outpatients; Willing to accept 10 years of follow-ups.
Exclusion: Participating in other medication intervention trials; Traumatic or pathologic fractures; Atypical femoral shaft fracture; Less than 2 years of life expectancy judged by team physicians; Incapable of accepting evaluation for cognitive, communication, and physical problems judged by team physicians or coordinators.