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OsteoporosisPAADRNNCT01507662

Patient Activation After DXA Result Notification

A study testing Bone Mineral Density Result Letter and Bone Health Brochure in people with Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases, Metabolic, run by Fredric D Wolinsky at 4 sites in 2 countries.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

There is growing evidence that patients undergoing bone mineral density testing (BMD) often do not take important steps to improve their bone health. The investigators will conduct a randomized-controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a novel and practical patient activation intervention (mailing patients their bone… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 50 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
Conditions the study is for
Osteoporosis, Bone Diseases, Metabolic
What is being tested?
Bone Mineral Density Result Letter and Bone Health Brochure
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
7,749 participants
Where
4 sitesin 2 countries
Study dates
Feb 2012to Nov 2015
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 50 years and older
  • All sexes
  • Healthy volunteers accepted
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • patients presenting for DXA
  • age 50 years of age or older

Who cannot join

  • non-English speakers
  • prisoners
  • people who have mental disabilities
  • individuals younger than age 50 years
  • individuals who do not have access to a telephone
  • deaf patients

Trial locations and contacts

4 sites in 2 countries.

4 sites in 2 countries

United States3 sites

  • Kaiser Permanente Georgia

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30305

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242

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Canada1 site

  • University of Toronto

    Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1A1

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About this study

There is growing evidence that patients undergoing bone mineral density testing (BMD) often do not take important steps to improve their bone health. The investigators will conduct a randomized-controlled trial to evaluate the impact of a novel and practical patient activation intervention (mailing patients their bone density test results) on the quality of bone-related healthcare and the cost-effectiveness of BMD testing. Equally important, the investigators intervention could easily be modified to include other patient populations and chronic diseases.

Read the detailed description

Bone mineral density (BMD) peaks in early adulthood and declines progressively with aging. As BMD declines from normal, to low (formerly called osteopenia), to osteoporosis, risk of fractures progressively increases. In an effort to prevent bone loss and reduce fracture risk, most widely accepted guidelines including the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and Surgeon General's Office now recommend BMD screening of older adults using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA). The rationale for screening is that patients and their providers will use DXA results as a "cue to action" and take necessary steps to enhance bone health through lifestyle modification (e.g., weight bearing exercise), Calcium/Vitamin D supplementation, and pharmacotherapy when indicated. However, multiple studies have demonstrated that patients and providers often fail take recommended actions following DXA testing, thus defeating much of the purpose of screening. Over the past five years we have systematically developed and pilot tested a low-cost and practical patient activation intervention based upon the Health Belief Model. The intervention consists of the DXA scanning center mailing each patient a customized letter containing the results of their DXA scan plus educational information about osteoporosis, supplemented by a follow-up phone call from a nurse educator. Preliminary studies have demonstrated that the intervention is well received by both patients and providers and enhances bone-related quality of care. The overarching objective of the current proposal is to rigorously examine the impact of our patient activation intervention on bone-related quality of care in adults undergoing screening DXA scans through a randomized-controlled trial conducted at three study sites. In addition, we will examine the real-world costs associated with our intervention and the impact of our intervention on the overall cost-effectiveness of BMD screening. We hypothesize that the activation intervention will increase optimization of Calcium/Vitamin D intake, enhance use of pharmacotherapy when indicated, will improve patient satisfaction with their bone-related healthcare, and improve patients' osteoporosis specific knowledge when compared with usual care

Being tested
Bone Mineral Density Result Letter and Bone Health Brochure
Keywords
Bone Density, Absorptiometry, Photon, Osteoporosis, Bone, Diseases, Metabolic, Patient Education as Topic, Fractures, Bone/Prevention and Control
Medical subject headings
Osteoporosis, Bone Diseases, Metabolic, Fractures, Bone

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Bone Mineral Density Result Letter and Bone Health BrochureBehavioural

    Letter mailed to patient to include - Date of DXA, T-score, impression, 10 year major fracture risk with visual depiction of risk, basic bone health guidelines, instructions to follow-up with their healthcare provider. The brochure will include information on osteoporosis, calcium, vitamin D, medicines, exercise, tobacco and alcohol cessation and where to find more information.

Study groups in NCT01507662
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
BMD Result Letter and BrochureExperimentalPatients who receive the intervention - BMD result letter with brochure.
Receives: Behavioral: Bone Mineral Density Result Letter and Bone Health Brochure
ControlNo interventionThose who received usual care

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Guideline Concordant Osteoporosis Therapy

    Guideline concordant was defined as those who prescribed a National Osteoporosis Foundation approved osteoporosis therapy for patients with osteoporosis (T-score of femoral neck, hip, or spine ≤-2.5 or FRAX ≥20 %), or patients with a self-reported history of low impact fracture, or patients with osteopenia (T-score between -1.0 and -2.5 at the femoral neck, hips, or lumbar spine) and a 10-year probability of a major osteoporosis-related fracture ≥20 % OR those who were not prescribed a therapy for patients with no self-reported history of prior DXA and study DXA shows normal BMD and no self-reported history of low impact fracture, or study DXA shows osteopenia (T-score of femoral neck, hip, or spine between -1 and -2.5) and FRAX <20 %) and no self-reported history of low impact fracture, or self-reported prior DXA but no self-reported history of low impact fracture and no self-reported history of osteoporosis.

    Measured: 12 weeks after DXA

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted11 Jan 2012 (estimated)
  2. Study startFeb 2012
  3. Primary completionNov 2015
  4. Study completionNov 2015

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Health services research
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
Double blind
Who is masked
Participant, Investigator
Enrolment
7,749 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT01507662
Sponsor's protocol ID
201107758
Acronym
PAADRN
Status last verified
Nov 2020
First submitted
8 Dec 2011
Last updated
10 Nov 2020
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Edmonds SW, Wolinsky FD, Christensen AJ, Lu X, Jones MP, Roblin DW, Saag KG, Cram P; PAADRN Investigators. The PAADRN study: a design for a randomized controlled practical clinical trial to improve bone health. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 Jan;34(1):90-100. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.10.002. Epub 2012 Oct 17.

    PubMed 23085132

  • Edmonds SW, Solimeo SL, Lu X, Roblin DW, Saag KG, Cram P. Developing a bone mineral density test result letter to send to patients: a mixed-methods study. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2014 Jun 5;8:827-41. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S60106. eCollection 2014.

    PubMed 24940049

  • Edmonds SW, Cram P, Lu X, Roblin DW, Wright NC, Saag KG, Solimeo SL; PAADRN Investigators. Improving bone mineral density reporting to patients with an illustration of personal fracture risk. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2014 Nov 25;14:101. doi: 10.1186/s12911-014-0101-y.

    PubMed 25743200

  • Edmonds SW, Solimeo SL, Nguyen VT, Wright NC, Roblin DW, Saag KG, Cram P. Understanding Preferences for Osteoporosis Information to Develop an Osteoporosis Patient Education Brochure. Perm J. 2017;21:16-024. doi: 10.7812/TPP/16-024. Epub 2016 Nov 18.

    PubMed 28080957

  • Edmonds SW, Cram P, Lou Y, Jones MP, Roblin DW, Saag KG, Wright NC, Wolinsky FD; PAADRN Investigators. Effects of a DXA result letter on satisfaction, quality of life, and osteoporosis knowledge: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2016 Aug 26;17(1):369. doi: 10.1186/s12891-016-1227-0.

    PubMed 27562713

  • Wolinsky FD, Lou Y, Edmonds SW, Hall SF, Jones MP, Wright NC, Saag KG, Cram P, Roblin DW; PAADRN Investigators. Activating Patients With a Tailored Bone Density Test Results Letter and Educational Brochure: the PAADRN Randomized Controlled Trial. J Clin Densitom. 2017 Oct-Dec;20(4):464-471. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2016.08.012. Epub 2016 Sep 16.

    PubMed 27647261

  • Cram P, Wolinsky FD, Lou Y, Edmonds SW, Hall SF, Roblin DW, Wright NC, Jones MP, Saag KG; PAADRN Investigators. Patient-activation and guideline-concordant pharmacological treatment after bone density testing: the PAADRN randomized controlled trial. Osteoporos Int. 2016 Dec;27(12):3513-3524. doi: 10.1007/s00198-016-3681-9. Epub 2016 Jun 30.

    PubMed 27363400

  • Roblin DW, Cram P, Lou Y, Edmonds SW, Hall SF, Jones MP, Saag KG, Wright NC, Cromwell LF, Robinson BE, Wolinsky FD; PAADRN Investigators. The Contribution of Patient, Primary Care Physician, and Primary Care Clinic Factors to Good Bone Health Care. Perm J. 2021 Jan;25:1-3. doi: 10.7812/TPP/20.095.

    PubMed 33635767

  • Solimeo SL, Nguyen VT, Edmonds SW, Lou Y, Roblin DW, Saag KG, Cram P, Wolinsky FD. Sex differences in osteoporosis self-efficacy among community-residing older adults presenting for DXA. Osteoporos Int. 2019 May;30(5):1033-1041. doi: 10.1007/s00198-019-04854-6. Epub 2019 Jan 30.

    PubMed 30701343

  • Hall SF, Wright NC, Wolinsky FD, Lou Y, Edmonds S, Roblin D, Jones M, Saag K, Cram P. The prevalence of overtreatment of osteoporosis: results from the PAADRN trial. Arch Osteoporos. 2018 Sep 28;13(1):103. doi: 10.1007/s11657-018-0517-6.

    PubMed 30267162

  • Roblin DW, Cram P, Lou Y, Edmonds SW, Hall SF, Jones MP, Saag KG, Wright NC, Wolinsky FD; PAADRN Investigators. Diet and exercise changes following bone densitometry in the Patient Activation After DXA Result Notification (PAADRN) study. Arch Osteoporos. 2018 Jan 6;13(1):4. doi: 10.1007/s11657-017-0402-8.

    PubMed 29307094

  • Wolinsky FD, Hall SF, Lou Y, Edmonds SW, Saag KG, Roblin DW, Wright NC, Jones MP, Cram P; PAADRN Investigators; Curtis JR, Morgan SL, Schlechte JA, Williams JH, Zelman DJ. The cost of a patient activation intervention for achieving successful outcomes: results from the PAADRN randomized controlled trial. Osteoporos Int. 2017 Oct;28(10):3061-3066. doi: 10.1007/s00198-017-4113-1. Epub 2017 Jun 15.

    PubMed 28620779

  • Wolinsky FD, Lou Y, Edmonds SW, Saag KG, Roblin DW, Wright NC, Jones MP, Cram P; PAADRN Investigators. The effects of a patient activation intervention on smoking and excessive drinking cessations: results from the PAADRN randomized controlled trial. Osteoporos Int. 2017 Oct;28(10):3055-3060. doi: 10.1007/s00198-017-4101-5. Epub 2017 Jun 1.

    PubMed 28573377

  • Cram P, Saag KG, Lou Y, Edmonds SW, Hall SF, Roblin DW, Wright NC, Jones MP, Wolinsky FD; PAADRN Investigators*. Racial Differences and Disparities in Osteoporosis-related Bone Health: Results From the PAADRN Randomized Controlled Trial. Med Care. 2017 Jun;55(6):561-568. doi: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000718.

    PubMed 28288074

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Bone Mineral Density Result Letter and Bone Health Brochure in people with Osteoporosis and Bone Diseases, Metabolic, run by Fredric D Wolinsky at 4 sites in 2 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 2 inclusion and 6 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 10 Nov 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 4 sites in United States, Canada. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 11 Apr 2017). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Guideline Concordant Osteoporosis Therapy (time frame: 12 weeks after DXA). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT01507662, which also lists 14 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 10 Nov 2020.

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