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Research type: |
HTA Technology Assessment Report |
Title (lead author) etc: |
Vitamin K to prevent fractures in older women: a systematic review and economic evaluation (Stevenson) 158 pages, Volume 13, number 45 |
DOI |
10.3310/hta13450 |
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Headline: |
Study found that there is currently great uncertainty over whether vitamin K1 is more cost-effective than alendronate in preventing osteoporotic fractures in postmenopausal women. Expected value of sample information analyses indicate that a head-to-head randomised controlled trial of alendronate and vitamin K1, recruiting 2000 women per arm, would be a cost-effective use of resources |
This report should be referenced as follows: |
Stevenson M, Lloyd Jones M, Papaioannou D. Vitamin K to prevent fractures in older women: a systematic review and economic evaluation. Health Technol Assess 2009;13(45). |
Project ref: |
07/16/01 |
Original project title: |
Vitamin K to prevent fractures in older women: systematic review and economic evaluation |
Chief Investigator: |
School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR-TAG), University of Sheffield |
Start Date: |
October 2007 |
Date of publication in HTA journal series |
October 2009 |
Cost: |
This project was commissioned by the HTA programme on a call-off contract basis. |
Project Protocol: |
Project protocol (pdf format, 211 kbytes) |
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Downloads/Views of electronic version from website: |
28829 (Figures are cumulative.) Last updated 27th July 2010. |
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http://www.hta.ac.uk/1712 |
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