In children with congenital hypoparathyroidism, pump-delivered PTH 1‑34 increased mean serum calcium versus twice-daily injection toward normal values.
In plain wordsIn children with congenital hypoparathyroidism, pump-delivered PTH 1‑34 increased blood calcium toward normal values compared with twice-daily injection.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseMean serum calcium
- Study
n = 12
- Comparator
- Twice-daily subcutaneous PTH 1-34 injection
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Electrolyte balance · Endocrine and hormones
Measurements
- Mean serum calcium
- 2.02 mmol/L
- pump
- Mean serum calcium
- 1.88 mmol/L
- twice-daily injection
Source sentences
PTH 1-34 delivered via pump produced near normalization of mean serum calcium (2.02 ± 0.05 [pump] vs 1.88 ± 0.03 [injection] mmol/L, P < .05, normal 2.05-2.5 mmol/L)
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Children and young adults aged 7-20 years with congenital hypoparathyroidism (N = 12) were randomized to receive PTH 1-34, delivered either by twice-daily subcutaneous injection or insulin pump for 13 weeks, followed by crossover to the opposite delivery method.
In this study, Teriparatide (PTH 1-34) was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Teriparatide (PTH 1-34).