Coordinated care after fracture could save bones and lives
NCT ID NCT03178799
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) helps people aged 50 and older who have had a hip or spine fracture. Half of the 400 participants get the FLS, which includes bone health checks, medication guidance, diet and exercise advice, and regular phone follow-ups for up to 10 years. The other half receives usual care. The goal is to see if FLS improves medication use, reduces falls and new fractures, and lowers death rates.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Fracture Liaison Service (coordinated care with assessments, education, and follow-up)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this coordinated care model could become a standard way to prevent second fractures and improve bone health in older adults.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-hospital trial, so results may not apply everywhere. The 10-year follow-up is long, and adherence to medications or lifestyle changes may be low.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 400 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2017
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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.
Who is studied
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.
- Ages
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50 to 100 years
- 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.
Inclusion criteria: * 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 criteria * Traumatic or pathologic fractures * Atypical femoral shaft fracture * Participating in other medication intervention trials * 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.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 10002, Taiwan
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