Among untreated women, discontinuing teriparatide was associated with less femoral neck BMD loss than discontinuing denosumab.
In plain wordsAmong untreated women, stopping teriparatide was linked to less femoral neck bone loss than stopping denosumab.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseFemoral neck BMD by discontinued drug
- Study
n = 22
- Comparator
- Discontinuing denosumab
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
Measurements
- Femoral neck BMD change
- −5.8%
- untreated women discontinuing denosumab
- Femoral neck BMD change
- −0.8%
- untreated women discontinuing teriparatide
Source sentences
Among untreated women, femoral neck BMD decreased more in those discontinuing denosumab (-5.8±4.0%) than in those discontinuing teriparatide (-0.8±2.6%, P=0.008).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In these studies, women received 2-years of either teriparatide, denosumab or both medications followed by 2-years of the alternate therapy (women who received combination therapy initially received an additional 2-years of denosumab alone).
Fifty of 69 women who completed DATA-Switch returned after a mean of 15.4±3.5months.
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).