In hypoparathyroid subjects, PTH(1-84) reduced supplemental calcium requirements from 3,030±2,325 to 1,661±1,267 mg/day.
In plain wordsIn people with hypoparathyroidism, calcium supplement requirements fell during PTH treatment.
- Outcome
- DecreaseSupplemental calcium requirement
- Study
n = 30
- Comparator
- Baseline
- Outcome group
- Supplement requirements · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- 100 µg every other day · subcutaneous · 24 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Supplemental calcium requirement
- 3030 mg/day
- before PTH(1-84); mean, SD 2,325
- Supplemental calcium requirement
- 1661 mg/day
- after PTH(1-84) treatment; mean, SD 1,267
Source sentences
Requirements for supplemental calcium decreased significantly (3,030±2,325 to 1,661±1,267 mg/day (mean±SD); p<0.05), as did requirements for supplemental 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (0.68±0.5 to 0.40±0.5 µg/day; p<0.05).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Thirty subjects with hypoparathyroidism were treated in an open-label study of PTH(1-84) 100 µg every other day by subcutaneous injection for 24 months, with monitoring of calcium and vitamin D supplementation requirements, serum and 24 h urinary calcium excretion, and BMD by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry.