saturday - april 12

09.00 - 12.00 SCIENTIFIC SESSION V
Chairs: J.D. ADACHI & F. GUILLEMIN
09.00 - 09.30 Plenary lecture
Bone forming agents: one objective, many roads
W. DERE
09.30 - 10.00 Oral Communications selected from abstracts

09:30–09:40

OC44

OSTABOLIN-C™ INCREASES LUMBAR SPINE AND HIP BMD AFTER 1 p YEAR OF THERAPY: RESULTS OF A PHASE II CLINICAL TRIAL

A. Hodsman, H. Bone, C. Gallagher, D. Kendler, J. Brown, S. Greenspan, C.L. p Barclay, P. Morley, R. Anderson, B. MacDonald

09:40–09:50

OC45

DIFFERENCES IN EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF GENERIC AND ORIGINAL BRANDED ONCE WEEKLY BISPHOSPHONATES IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH OSTEOPOROSIS
J.D. Ringe

09:50–10:00

OC46 

A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED STUDY OF ODANACATIB (MK-822) IN THE TREATMENT OF POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN WITH LOW BMD: 18-MONTH RESULTS
S. Papapoulos, M. McClung, H. Bone, N. Verbruggen, A. Rybak-Feiglin, C. DaSilva, A. Santora, A. Ince

10.00 - 10.30 Plenary lecture
Mechanisms of skeletal fragility in males
P. SZULC
10.30 - 11.00 Oral Communications selected from abstracts

10:30–10:40

OC47           

CLINICAL IMPLICATIONS OF GLUCOSAMINE SULFATE AND             GLUCOSAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE PHARMACOKINETIC AND             PHARMACODYNAMIC PROFILES
S. Persiani, L.C. Rovati, E. Pastorini, M. Locatelli, G. Giacovelli, D. Paganini, A.Roda

10:40–10:50

OC48           

ABDOMINAL AORTIC CALCIFICATION (AAC) ON VERTEBRAL             FRACTURE ASSESSMENT (VFA) IMAGES PREDICTS INCIDENT             MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION (MI) AND STROKE INDEPENDENT OF CLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK FACTORS
E. McCloskey, B. C. Taylor, D. Kiel, K. Ensrud, K. Wilson, J. T. Schousboe

10:50–11:00

OC49

STRONTIUM RANELATE DEMONSTRATES EFFICACY AGAINST HIP FRACTURE OVER 3 AND 5 YEARS IN POSTMENOPAUSAL WOMEN AT HIGH RISK OF HIP FRACTURE
J.-Y. Reginster, D. Felsenberg, S. Boonen, A. Diez-Perez, R. Rizzoli, M.L. Brandi, T. D Spector, K. Brixen, S. Goemaere, C. Cormier

10.30 - 12.00 NICE Guidelines : Clinical and economic implications
 

NICE and the implication for UK and elsewhere.
J. COMPSTON

 

NICE or nasty?
J.A. KANIS

  Debate
12.15 - 13.45 Discovery of new uses for DXA
  Lunch Symposium sponsored by HOLOGIC
  Chair: P.D. DELMAS
  IVA is an independent predictor of both future cardiovascular
disease events and fractures
  E. McCLOSKEY
  Vertebral fracture - Clinical evidence of compromised bone quality
  P.D. DELMAS
  Two and three dimensional bone structure measurements with DXA
  M. BOUXSEIN
13.45 - 15.00 Poster Session & Exhibition Viewing
Posters P350 to P475 will be manned
14.00 - 15.00 Meet-The-Professor Session
Who will benefit from calcium/vitamin D supplementation - B. DAWSON -HUGUES
How to monitor anti-osteoporosis treatment ? - R. RIZZOLI
Management of glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis - S. PAPAPOULOS
Role of the orthopaedic surgeon in the management of osteoporosis - T. EINHORN
15.00 - 16.30

ESCEO - GREES

The role of the orthopaedic surgeons in the management of osteoporosis: Bone Fracture Healing

Symposium organised by the Group for the Respect of Ethics and Excellence in Science (GREES)

Introduction
E. ABADIE

Part I: Critical issues in translational and clinical research for the study of new technologies to enhance bone repair
Chairs: T. EINHORN & J. GOLDHAHN

  1. Pathophysiology of bone fracture healing - P. ASPENBERG
  2. Potential targets for drugs - D. MARSH

Part II: Guidelines on the evaluation of medicinal products aiming at improving bone fracture healing in osteoporotic patients
Chairs: E. ABADIE & J.-Y. REGINSTER

  1. Objectives of treatment and populations to be investigated - A. CHINES
  2. Clinical studies : Design and outcomes - J. GOLDHAHN

Panel discussion
S. ATIK, M. BOUXSEIN, N. BURLET, A. LASLOP, F. LEKKERKERKER & R. RIZZOLI

 

15.00 - 18.00 Meeting of the Turkish National Scientific Societies
15.00 - 16.30

The Role of Physiatrists in the Management of Osteoporosis : Building a bridge between primary and tertiary prevention of osteoporosis

 

Chairs: A. GÜRLEK, S. AKIN
The importance of peak bone mass - S. TÜZÜN
Genetics of osteoporosis - D.G. YAVUZ
Falls and Fractures - Ü. AKARIRMAK
Rehabilitation strategies in osteoporosis - G. AKYÜZ
16.45 - 18.00 Multi-disciplinary approach to osteoporosis Management Meeting of the Turkish Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Chairs: F. ATALAY, F. KORKUSUZ Relationship of menopause and osteoporosis – A gynecologist point of view
Endocrinologist’s point of view - T. SÖZEN Chair: A. BALOGLU
Orthopedic’s point of view - S. ATIK Speakers: B. TIRAS, H. GÜNER, I. METE ITIL, C. DEMIR
Physiatrist’s point of view - A. ORAL

Epidemiology of Osteoporosis in Turkey and in the Developing World

H. GÜNER

 

Approaches to the Prevention of Bone Fragility in Postmenopausal Women

I. ITIL

 

Hormon Replacement Therapy and Osteoporosis

B. TIRA?