Bone Abstracts

Objective: To estimate the proportion of patients who experienced cardiovascular (CV) events or were at risk for CV events prior to initiation of strontium ranelate among osteoporotic (OP) patients.Methods: This was a retrospective database analysis using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) database. Patients were included if they had ≥1 prescription (Rx) of strontium from 9/1/2008 to 8/31/2013, were aged ≥50 years as of the index ...

Objective: This multi-objective prospective observational study is intended to examine treatment patterns, occurrence of gastrointestinal (GI) complications and clinical and health outcomes in post-menopausal women with osteoporosis (OP) in Europe and Canada. This abstract presents the baseline results of the treated population.Materials and methods: Post-menopausal osteoporotic women currently on treatment completed surveys intended to measure the incid...

Objective: This multi-objective prospective study (MUSIC-OS) is intended to examine treatment patterns, occurrence of gastrointestinal (GI) complications and clinical and health outcomes in post-menopausal osteoporotic (OP) women in Europe and Canada. Surveys were administered to both physicians and patients as part of the MUSIC-OS study to document reasons for undertreatment in OP from both physician and patient perspectives.Materials and methods: A phy...