Can a monitoring service help osteoporosis patients stick to their meds?
NCT ID NCT02194647
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a service designed to help people with osteoporosis take their medications as prescribed. Participants receive education, reminders, and regular follow-up calls. The goal is to see if this support improves medication adherence and reduces fracture risk over 18 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- medication management service
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this service could help more people with osteoporosis take their medications correctly, reducing fracture risk.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-center study without a control group, so improvements may not be due to the service itself. Results may not apply to other hospitals.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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500 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jul 2014
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2026
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
Adults treated with anti-osteoporosis medicines (AOMs)
- Ages
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50 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \>=50 and one of the below * Newly prescribed with AOMs * Recent change of AOMs * Poor adherence to AOMs * Participating physicians feel that the service will benefit the patient in overall osteoporosis and medication managements. Exclusion Criteria: * Life expectancy less than 2 years or can't be assessed for communication problems * patient in our fracture liaison service or other medication clinical trials
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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