The use of bone markers in osteoporosis therapy monitoring

In this course, Professor Richard Eastell will give an overview of the use of bone markers in the monitoring of osteoporosis treatment. He will review the most common bone turnover markers and their benefit in the monitoring of adherence to bisphosphonate treatment. Furthermore, he will comment on a clinically feasible and practical screening strategy based on bone turnover markers, to detect the low adherence to bisphosphonate therapy.

Key Learning Objectives of this webinar include:

• Introduction to the clinical problem of low adherence to treatment in chronic diseases, such as
  osteoporosis
• Review of the use of bone turnover markers, and more specifically in the context of short-term
  monitoring of osteoporosis treatment
• Illustration of a screening strategy to detect a lack of adherence to bisphosphonates treatment