In women with osteoporosis, total hip BMD response over 3% occurred in 92% with combination therapy versus 53% with denosumab.
In plain wordsIn women with osteoporosis, adding teriparatide to denosumab increased the frequency of total hip response over 3%.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseTotal hip BMD response over 3%: addition to denosumab
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- denosumab alone
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 mcg daily · subcutaneous · 24 moAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Proportion with total hip BMD increase >3%
- 92%
- combination group
- Proportion with total hip BMD increase >3%
- 53%
- denosumab group
Source sentences
Over 24 mo, TH BMD increased by >3% in 36%, 53%, and 92% of women in the teriparatide, denosumab, and combination groups, respectively, and by >6% in 11%, 17%, and 50% in the teriparatide, denosumab, and combination groups, respectively (p < 0.01 for all comparisons vs combination).
4 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In DATA, 94 postmenopausal osteoporotic women (ages 51-91) were randomized to receive teriparatide (20 mcg subcutaneously daily), denosumab (60 mg subcutaneously every 6 mo), or both medications for 24 mo.
The 82 subjects who completed all 2-yr treatments were analyzed.
Responders were defined as experiencing BMD increases of >3%.
An "excellent response" was defined as an increase of >6%.