In hemodialysis patients with hypoparathyroidism and low bone mass, teriparatide use was linked to increased lumbar spine BMD at 24 weeks.
In plain wordsIn hemodialysis patients with low bone mass, teriparatide use was linked to increased lumbar spine bone density at 24 weeks.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLumbar spine BMD at 24 weeks
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 56.5 μg once weekly · 48 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- BMD change
- 3.3%
- 24 weeks
- SEM
- 1.9%
- 24 weeks
Source sentences
The BMD increased at the lumbar spine by 3.3 ± 1.9 % (mean ± SEM) and 3.0 ± 1.8 % at 24 and 48 weeks but not in the femoral neck and distal one-third radius.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
We conducted a 48-week prospective, observational cohort study including 22 hemodialysis patients aged 20 years or older with hypoparathyroidism and low bone mass who received once-weekly teriparatide at 56.5 μg at a tertiary care hospital between January 2013 and January 2015.