In pelvic-fracture patients, teriparatide did not improve cortical bridging scores versus placebo at three months, including after covariate adjustment.
In plain wordsIn pelvic-fracture patients, teriparatide did not improve bone-bridging scores versus placebo at three months.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- No significant changeCortical bridging score
- Study
n = 35
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 20 μg/day · subcutaneous · 3 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The intention to treat analysis showed no group difference in cortical bridging score, and 50% of fractures in TPTD-treated and 53% of fractures in placebo-treated patients were healed at 3 months, unchanged after adjustment for age, sacral fracture, and fracture displacement.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Pelvic fracture patients were randomized to blinded daily subcutaneous teriparatide (TPTD) or placebo to assess healing and functional outcomes over 3 months.
This randomized, placebo-controlled study enrolled 35 patients (women and men >50 years old) within 4 weeks of pelvic fracture and evaluated the effect of blinded TPTD vs placebo over 3 months on fracture healing.