20 patients who were scheduled for isolated acetabular cup revision with impaction allografting following primary total hip arthroplasty were included and randomized to local intraoperative administration of clodronate or saline. The purpose of this study was to compare cup migration over a 24-month follow-up. Results demonstrated significantly lower cup subsidence (proximodistal translation; y-axis) in the clodronate group compared to the saline group, but no significant difference in x-axis and z-axis translation between groups. No significant difference in cup rotation in any plane was observed between groups.