In postmenopausal women previously treated with alendronate, crack density decreased during teriparatide treatment.
In plain wordsIn women previously treated with alendronate, bone crack density decreased during teriparatide treatment.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreaseCrack density after prior alendronate
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 microg/d · subcutaneous · 24 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
After 24 mo of teriparatide treatment, crack density (Cr.Dn), crack surface density (Cr.S.Dn), and crack length (Cr.Le) were decreased in previously alendronate-treated patients, whereas only Cr.Le was reduced in former treatment-naïve patients.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Sixty-six postmenopausal women with osteoporosis (mean age, 68.0 yr; and mean BMD T-score of -2.8 at lumbar spine and -1.7 at total hip; 62% with prevalent fractures) entered this prospective, nonrandomized study and started with 24-mo 20 microg/d subcutaneous teriparatide treatment in monotherapy:
Thirty-one paired biopsies with two intact cortices were collected and analyzed for microstructure and microdamage accumulation at baseline and after 24 mo of teriparatide administration.