In women with osteoporosis, abaloparatide increased femoral neck areal BMD versus placebo at both assessments.
In plain wordsIn women with osteoporosis, abaloparatide increased femoral neck bone density more than placebo at both assessments.
- Peptide
- Abaloparatide (Tymlos)
- Outcome
- IncreaseFemoral neck areal BMD
- Study
n = 500
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 80 µg daily · subcutaneous · 6 and 18 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
Femoral neck, trochanter, and shaft aBMD increased in the abaloparatide and teriparatide groups at mo 6 and 18 vs placebo, with greater increases for abaloparatide vs teriparatide at the femoral neck at mo 6 and the shaft at mo 6 and 18.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Randomly selected subjects from ACTIVE (n = 250/treatment group) who received 18 mo of placebo, abaloparatide 80 µg, or open-label teriparatide 20 µg by daily subcutaneous injection underwent hip DXA at baseline, and mo 6 and 18 of treatment.