In women followed after teriparatide, pooled former teriparatide groups had a fracture hazard ratio of 0.57 versus former placebo over 50 months.
In plain wordsIn women, former teriparatide groups had lower nonvertebral fragility fracture risk than former placebo over treatment and follow-up.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreaseNonvertebral fragility fractures over treatment and follow-up
- Study
n = 1,262
- Comparator
- Former placebo group
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 and 40 microg pooled · subcutaneous · Median treatment exposure 19 months; 50-month period including follow-upAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Hazard ratio
- 0.57 ratio
- combined teriparatide versus placebo over 50 months
Source sentences
The hazard ratio for combined teriparatide group (20 and 40 microg) for the 50-month period after baseline was 0.57 (p = 0.002), suggesting a sustained effect in reducing the risk of nonvertebral fragility fracture.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The hazard ratios for nonvertebral fragility fractures in each teriparatide group relative to placebo were statistically significant for the 50-month period including treatment and follow-up (p < 0.03).
A follow-up in 1262 women was conducted after the discontinuation of teriparatide.
Prior treatment assignments were revealed, and patients were able to receive osteoporosis treatments without restriction.