Working Groups
Joint IOF-ECTS Glucocorticoid-Induced Osteoporosis Guidelines
Members
Chair: J Compston
IOF Members: R Adachi, D Agnusdei, J Bilezikian, S Boonen, F Borgström, C Cooper, J Kanis, S Lekawasam, R Lorenc, E McCloskey, O Messina, N Napoli, P Sambrook, S Silverman, M Sosa, J Stepan
ECTS Members: L Hofbauer, B Langdahl, B Obermayer Pietsch, S Ralston
IOF and ECCTS Members: A Diez Perez, R Eastell
Patient society representatives: G Suppan - Austrian Society (Action for Healthy Bones), O Lesnyak (Russian Association on Osteoporosis)
Aim
Few guidelines exist that specifically address GIOP and those that do exist need to be updated particularly with respect to the use of FRAX in risk assessment and some of the more newly approved interventions.
Publications
- Lekamwasam, S., et al., A framework for the development of guidelines for the management of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Osteoporos Int, 2012. 23(9): p. 2257-76.
- Lekamwasam, S., et al., An appendix to the 2012 IOF-ECTS guidelines for the management of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis. Arch Osteoporos, 2012. 7: p. 25-30.