In hemodialysis patients with adynamic bone disease, teriparatide treatment was linked to increased lumbar spine BMD from pretreatment.
In plain wordsIn dialysis patients with adynamic bone disease, teriparatide treatment was linked to increased spine bone density from pretreatment.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLumbar spine BMD
- Study
n = 7
- Comparator
- Pretreatment
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 μg/day · subcutaneous · 6 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Lumbar spine BMD
- 0.885 g/cm(2)
- pretreatment
- Lumbar spine BMD
- 0.914 g/cm(2)
- 6 months
Source sentences
Teriparatide therapy led to a significant increase in lumbar spine (0.885 ± 0.08 vs. 0.914 ± 0.09 g/cm(2), p < 0.02), but not femoral neck (0.666 ± 0.170 vs. 0.710 ± 0.189 g/cm(2), p = 0.18) BMD.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Seven hemodialysis patients with ABD and a median iPTH level of 22 pg/ml were evaluated in this open-label, prospective, 6-month observational pilot-study. All patients received 20 μg teriparatide/day subcutaneously. Serologic bone markers, BMD and coronary artery calcification (CAC) were measured a…