Could a simple education program stop the cycle of fractures in the elderly?
NCT ID NCT04565743
First seen Aug 25, 2026 · Last updated Aug 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether educating primary care health professionals can improve prevention of repeat fractures in older adults. It involves 40 primary health care centers in Stockholm, where some clinics receive special training and referral support for patients who have had a fragility fracture. The goal is to see if more patients at high risk of osteoporosis get bone-specific treatment after their first fracture, potentially reducing future fractures.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Education for primary care health care professionals and referral of patients with recent osteoporotic fracture
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could reduce repeat fractures in older adults by improving osteoporosis care in primary health care settings.
- What could go wrong
- The trial is small and early, and results may not apply broadly. The intervention depends on how well clinics adopt the education and referral process.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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38 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2018
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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60 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
All primary health care centers (PHCCs) in Stockholm County were invited to participate in the study. The goal was to include at least 40 Inclusion Criteria for referral of patients to PHCC: * Patient has a diagnose at a medical care unit within Stockholm county on a low energy fracture of hip, pelvis, spine, proximal humerus och distal radius between three months before study start an end of study. * Patient is enlisted at one of the PHCCs in the interventional arm of the study * Patent is aged 60 years or older Exclusion Criteria: * The patient has after the index fracture, already been referred to the correct primary health care center for secondary fracture prevention.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Karolinska Instititet
Huddinge, Stockholm County, 14183, Sweden
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