In women with osteoporosis, teriparatide increased cancellous bone formation rate by a factor of 4.5 versus controls.
In plain wordsTeriparatide increased cancellous bone formation compared with control women with osteoporosis.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseCancellous bone formation rate
- Study
n = 40
- Comparator
- Untreated control women
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 50 microg daily · subcutaneous · 1 monthAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Cancellous bone formation rate ratio
- 4.5 fold
- teriparatide-treated vs control women, cancellous surface
Source sentences
The bone formation rate on the cancellous and endocortical surfaces was higher in hPTH(1-34)-treated women than in control women by factors of 4.5 and 5.0, respectively.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Tetracycline-labeled iliac crest bone biopsies were obtained from 27 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who were treated for 1 month with hPTH(1-34), 50 microg daily subcutaneously.
The results were compared with tetracycline-labeled biopsies from a representative control group of 13 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.