In a woman with hypophosphatasia, BSALP reached the lower reference limit at 16 U/L after about 1.5 years of teriparatide.
In plain wordsA woman's bone alkaline phosphatase reached the lower normal limit during teriparatide treatment.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseBSALP at about 1.5 years
- Study
n = 1
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 microg daily · subcutaneous · 24 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- BSALP at about 1.5 years
- 16 U/L
- single patient on teriparatide
Source sentences
After about 1.5 years of teriparatide therapy, BSALP reached the lower end of the reference range at 16 U/L, and after 24 months of continuous teriparatide treatment, both serum total alkaline phosphatase and BSALP normalized at 30 U/L and 18 U/L, respectively.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
To describe the effects of 24 months of teriparatide therapy in an adult with hypophosphatasia, which thus far has no established medical treatment.
Teriparatide, synthetic parathyroid hormone(1-34), in a dosage of 20 microg subcutaneously was given daily from April 2004 until June 2006.