In patients with adjacent fractures after vertebroplasty, authors reported lower new fracture odds with teriparatide, although the confidence interval included no difference.
In plain wordsAfter vertebroplasty, authors reported fewer fractures with teriparatide than antiresorptives plus repeated vertebroplasty, although the confidence interval included no difference.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreaseNew vertebral compression fractures
- Study
n = 65
- Comparator
- Antiresorptive agents with repeated vertebroplasty
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · At least 18 months of treatment; mean follow-up 22.56 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Odds ratio
- 0.18 ratio
- new VCFs
Source sentences
Teriparatide significantly reduced the risk of new VCFs after vertebroplasty (odds ratio=0.18; 95% confidence interval, 0.02-1.64).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In group A, only 1 new-onset VCF occurred during the mean follow-up period of 22.56 months.
Comparing a prospective group of 32 patients, who underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) and who were treated with teriparatide for at least 18 months after a new-onset adjacent vertebral compression fracture (VCF), and compared it with a retrospective group of 33 patients, who received antires…