In postmenopausal osteoporosis, adding teriparatide to denosumab increased spine BMD 12.9% versus 8.3% with denosumab alone.
In plain wordsIn postmenopausal osteoporosis, adding teriparatide increased spine bone density more than denosumab alone.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLumbar spine BMD combination versus denosumab
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Denosumab alone
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 μg daily · 24 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Lumbar spine BMD increase
- 12.9%
- denosumab plus teriparatide
- Lumbar spine BMD increase
- 8.3%
- denosumab alone
Source sentences
At 24 months, lumbar spine BMD increased more in the combination group (12.9 ± 5.0%) than in either the teriparatide (9.5 ± 5.9%, P = .01) or denosumab (8.3 ± 3.4%, P = .008) groups.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Preplanned continuation of the Denosumab and Teriparatide Administration (DATA) randomized controlled trial in which postmenopausal osteoporotic women received teriparatide (20 μg daily), denosumab (60 mg every 6 months), or both medications for 24 months.
Participants were 94 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.