In healthy Japanese postmenopausal women, twice-weekly teriparatide produced half the systemic exposure of once-weekly teriparatide.
In plain wordsIn healthy Japanese postmenopausal women, twice-weekly teriparatide produced half the drug exposure of once-weekly teriparatide.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- DecreaseSystemic exposure
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Once-weekly 56.5-μg teriparatide
- Outcome group
- Pharmacokinetics · Pharmacology
- Studied dose
- 28.2 μg twice weekly · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The systemic exposure of teriparatide acetate in the twice-weekly 28.2-μg injection was half that of the once-weekly 56.5-μg injection.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
To reduce these adverse side effects, we conducted a randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled study to examine the pharmacokinetics, changes in bone turnover markers, and safety profiles of twice-weekly 28.2-μg teriparatide injections.
A total of 100 healthy Japanese postmenopausal women were enrolled in this multiple-dosing study.