In postmenopausal women with osteoporosis receiving denosumab, high-dose teriparatide produced more total hip aBMD responses >3% than standard-dose teriparatide.
In plain wordsIn postmenopausal women receiving denosumab, high-dose teriparatide produced more hip bone density responses >3% than standard-dose teriparatide.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- IncreaseTotal hip aBMD response >3%
- Study
n = 60
- Comparator
- Teriparatide 20 μg daily with denosumab
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 40 μg daily · Months 0 through 9As given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Total hip response >3%
- 83%
- high-dose teriparatide
- Total hip response >3%
- 58%
- standard-dose teriparatide
Source sentences
At the end of the 15-month treatment period, a higher proportion of women in the HD group had aBMD increases >3% (83% vs. 58%, P = .037) and >6% (45% vs. 19%, P = .034) at the total hip, and >3% at the femoral neck (86% vs. 63%, P = .044).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Single-site, open-label, randomized controlled trial in which postmenopausal women received either teriparatide 20-μg daily (SD) or 40-μg daily (HD) given months 0 through 9, overlapped with denosumab 60 mg, given months 3 through 15 (15 months' total duration).
Postmenopausal women with osteoporosis completing all study visits (n = 60).