The Relationship Between Osteoporosis and Chronic Oral Anticoagulation Therapy With Warfarin

Northwell Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Osteoporosis

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00665613

04-054

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine if osteoporosis is an unrecognized complication of chronic anticoagulation with warfarin.

Enrollment: 300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients on warfarin that have had BMD within a year

Exclusion criteria

• Patients on bisphosphates, SERMS, anticonvulsants, estrogens, androgens, calcitonin, hctz and thyroid hormone replacement