In postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, teriparatide did not significantly reduce nonvert-6 fractures versus placebo.
In plain wordsTeriparatide did not significantly reduce nonvert-6 fractures compared with placebo in women with osteoporosis.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- No significant changeNonvert-6 fractures
- Study
n = 1,085
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 μg/day · self-injection · Median 19 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Relative risk
- 0.54 ratio
- nonvert-6 fractures
Source sentences
For teriparatide versus placebo, the point estimates for the RR of nonvert-6 (RR 0.54, P=0.06; fragility RR 0.32, P=0.014), FDA (RR 0.60, P=0.15; fragility RR 0.38, P=0.05), and major (RR 0.52, P=0.02; fragility RR 0.38, P=0.02) nonvertebral fracture endpoints were smaller than for the all nonverteb…
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
The Fracture Prevention Trial was a double-blind trial of postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and vertebral fractures randomly assigned to teriparatide (N=541) or placebo (N=544) administered by daily self-injection for a median of 19 months and a median follow-up of 21 months.