The objectives of the study are * to describe the quality of life at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment and at the end of the observational period (Qualeffo-41 questionnaire) * pain assessment at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment and at the end of the observational period (VAS score) * to describe bone mineral density at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment and at the end of the observational period (T-Score) * to describe incidence of bone fractures caused by osteoporosis as well as of other pathological findings of the skeleton after the beginning of the Preotact® treatment * to describe serum level of calcium and the bone resorption marker desoxypyridinoline (DPD) and N- respectively C-terminal crosslink-telopeptide (CTX and NTX) at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment and at the end of the observational period (only in subgroup of patients, where the physician sees a need to measure these parameters) * to document all adverse drug reactions after the beginning of the Preotact® treatment * the analysis of subgroups with different risk for bone fractures caused by osteoporosis at the beginning of the Preotact® treatment * to assess the manageability and functioning of the Pen system for injection of Preotact® (self administered questionnaire)
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
110
Patients with severe postmenopausal osteoporosis
Nycomed Deutschland GmbH
Cities in Germany, Germany
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