In Japanese patients with osteoporosis, teriparatide increased lumbar spine BMD more than placebo at 12 months.
In plain wordsIn Japanese patients with osteoporosis, teriparatide increased spine bone density more than placebo.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLumbar spine BMD at 12 months
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 microg/day · 12 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Lumbar spine BMD change
- 10.04%
- teriparatide at 12 months
- Lumbar spine BMD change
- 0.19%
- placebo at 12 months
Source sentences
For subjects with measurements at 12 months, teriparatide significantly increased bone mineral density (BMD) at the lumbar spine L2-L4 (mean percent change+/-SD, teriparatide 10.04+/-5.23% versus placebo-teriparatide 0.19+/-4.33%)
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
This multicenter study assessed the safety and efficacy of teriparatide 20 microg/day in Japanese men and women with osteoporosis at high risk of fracture during a 12-month, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled treatment period followed by second and third treatment periods (to 18 and 24 mon…