In osteoporotic postmenopausal women, modeling bone formation at quiescent surfaces occurred only after teriparatide, not placebo.
In plain wordsIn women with osteoporosis, bone formation on inactive surfaces occurred only with teriparatide, not placebo.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseModeling bone formation at quiescent surfaces
- Study
n = 55
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 or 40 microg · 12-24 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
We report direct evidence that modeling bone formation at quiescent surfaces was present only in teriparatide-treated patients and bone formation at remodeling sites was higher with teriparatide than placebo.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Transiliac bone biopsies were obtained from 55 postmenopausal women treated with teriparatide 20 or 40 microg or placebo for 12-24 months (median, 19.8 months) in the Fracture Prevention Trial.