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ea0035p67 | Bone and Osteoporosis | ECE2014

Baseline characteristics of Greek patients enrolled in the ExFOS study

Aloumanis Kyriakos , Tzoitou Marianthi , Tsakiri Vassiliki , Bartzis Nikolaos , Drossinos Vangelis , Kapetanos George

Introduction: ExFOS is a multinational, non-interventional, prospective, observational study to evaluate fracture outcomes, back pain, compliance and health-related quality of life in osteoporotic patients treated with teriparatide for up to 24 months. We present the baseline characteristics of the Hellenic subpopulation.Methods: In Greece, 439 consenting patients with osteoporosis (92.3% females), suitable for prescribing teriparatide in the course of n...

ea0035p68 | Bone and Osteoporosis | ECE2014

From EFOS to ExFOS: any news with teriparatide prescription habits in Greece?

Aloumanis Kyriakos , Papaioannou Nikolaos , Dimopoulos Nikolaos , Kioumourtzi Vassiliki , Drossinos Vangelis , Kapetanos George

Purpose: Extended Forsteo Observational Study (ExFOS), a multinational, non-interventional, prospective, observational study to evaluate fracture outcomes, back pain, compliance and health-related quality of life in osteoporotic male and female patients treated with teriparatide (TPTD), has followed European Forsteo Observational Study (EFOS) on postmenopausal women, aiming to provide more data on the effect of the extension of treatment duration from 18 to 24 months and the n...