In women with new osteoporotic vertebral fractures, vertebral collapse progressed in both groups without a significant teriparatide versus alendronate difference.
In plain wordsIn women with new osteoporotic vertebral fractures, vertebral collapse progressed similarly with teriparatide and alendronate.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- No significant changeVertebral collapse
- Study
n = 96
- Comparator
- Alendronate
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Once weeklyAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Vertebral collapse progressed over time in both groups, with no significant difference between the groups.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The objective of the present multicenter randomized study was to compare weekly teriparatide with alendronate in their inhibition of vertebral collapse, effects on delayed union, pain relief, and improvement of quality of life (QOL) in women with new osteoporotic vertebral fractures within 1 week af…
Patients were randomly allocated to the teriparatide and alendronate groups.
Each group consisted of 48 subjects.