In treatment-naive women, lumbar spine BMD changes did not differ significantly between cyclic teriparatide over 48 months and daily treatment over 24 months.
In plain wordsIn treatment-naive women, cyclic teriparatide did not change lumbar spine bone density significantly more than daily treatment.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- No significant changeLumbar spine BMD in treatment-naive women
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Daily teriparatide for 24 months
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Measurements
- Lumbar spine BMD change
- 8.6%
- daily at 24 months
- Lumbar spine BMD change
- 6.9%
- cyclic at 48 months
Source sentences
None of the BMD changes differed significantly between groups but all changes were significant over time within each group (p < 0.01 except for FN where p = 0.17 Daily; p = 0.09 Cyclic).
4 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
In Rx-Naïve, BMD changes at 24 months after Daily TPTD vs. 48 months after Cyclic TPTD were: LS 8.6% vs. 6.9%; TH 2.5% vs. 2.6%, and FN 1.6% vs. 2.2%.
In Rx-Naïve, women were randomized to daily TPTD for 24 months (Daily; n = 23) or cyclic TPTD for 48 months (3 months on, 3 months off; Cyclic; n = 25).
In ALN-Rx, women were randomized to continued ALN plus daily TPTD for 24 months, followed by ALN alone for 24 months (Daily; n = 21) or TPTD for 48 months (3 months on, 3 months off) while ALN was continued (Cyclic; n = 20).
The primary analysis compared 4 years of cyclic therapy to 2 years of daily therapy in RX-naïve and ALN-RX cohorts.