In postmenopausal women, lumbar spine BMD increased by 5.2% with abaloparatide, significantly more than placebo.
In plain wordsIn women, abaloparatide increased lumbar spine bone density more than placebo.
- Peptide
- Abaloparatide (Tymlos)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLumbar spine BMD
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 40 μg daily · subcutaneous · 24 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- BMD change
- 5.2%
- abaloparatide 40 μg
- BMD change
- 1.6%
- placebo lumbar spine
Source sentences
At 24 weeks, lumbar spine BMD increased by 2.9, 5.2, and 6.7% in the abaloparatide, 20-, 40-, and 80-μg groups, respectively, and 5.5% in the teriparatide group.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The increases in the 40- and 80-μg abaloparatide groups and the teriparatide group were significantly greater than placebo (1.6%).
Multi-center, multi-national, double-blind placebo controlled trial in which postmenopausal women were randomly assigned to receive 24 weeks of treatment with daily sc injections of placebo, abaloparatide, 20, 40, or 80 μg, or teriparatide, 20 μg.
Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis (n = 222).