In women after lumbar fusion, weekly teriparatide increased bone fusion versus control in the age-adjusted modified intention-to-treat analysis.
In plain wordsIn women after lumbar fusion, weekly teriparatide increased bone fusion versus control.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseBone fusion at four months
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- No teriparatide
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · subcutaneous · 6 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
At 4 months postoperatively, bone fusion in the 2 center CT slices was significantly higher in the teriparatide arm compared with the control arm in the age-adjusted modified intention-to-treat analysis and was significantly higher at 6 months in the per-protocol analysis.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Patients were females who were ≥50 years of age, had a bone mineral density (BMD) of <80% of the sex-matched young adult mean and/or previous spinal compression or femoral fractures, and had lumbar degenerative disease.
Patients were randomly allocated to receive either weekly teriparatide, administered subcutaneously starting at week 1, for 6 months postoperatively (the teriparatide arm), or no teriparatide (the control arm).