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The effect of clodronate on the incidence of hip fracture and consequences for health and costs
ISRCTN ISRCTN39259790
DOI 10.1186/ISRCTN39259790
ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
EudraCT number
Public title The effect of clodronate on the incidence of hip fracture and consequences for health and costs
Scientific title
Acronym N/A
Serial number at source G9518113
Study hypothesis To determine in an elderly female population who would best benefit from an intervention aimed at reducing the incidence of hip fracture
Lay summary
Ethics approval Not provided at time of registration
Study design Randomised controlled trial
Countries of recruitment United Kingdom
Disease/condition/study domain Orthopaedics, rheumatology
Participants - inclusion criteria Women aged 75 years or older willing to participate
Participants - exclusion criteria Drugs and diseases likely to impair the efficacy of intervention or the interpretation of results
Anticipated start date 10/06/1996
Anticipated end date 01/12/2002
Status of trial Completed
Patient information material
Target number of participants 5700
Interventions Clodronate/control
Primary outcome measure(s) Fragility fractures, particularly hip fracture
Secondary outcome measure(s) Not provided at time of registration
Sources of funding Medical Research Council (UK)
Trial website
Publications Results on http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=17042717
Contact name Dr  EV  McCloskey
  Address Department of Human Metabolism & Clinical Biochemistry
University of Sheffield Medical School
Beech Hill Road
  City/town Sheffield
  Zip/Postcode S10 2RX
  Country United Kingdom
  Email
Sponsor Medical Research Council (MRC) (UK)
  Address 20 Park Crescent
  City/town London
  Zip/Postcode W1B 1AL
  Country United Kingdom
  Tel +44 (0)20 7636 5422
  Fax +44 (0)20 7436 6179
  Email clinical.trial@headoffice.mrc.ac.uk
  Sponsor website: http://www.mrc.ac.uk
Date applied 25/10/2000
Last edited 12/09/2007
Date ISRCTN assigned 25/10/2000
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