In postmenopausal Japanese women with osteoporosis, abaloparatide 40 µg increased lumbar spine BMD significantly more than placebo.
In plain wordsIn women with osteoporosis, abaloparatide 40 µg increased spine bone density more than placebo.
- Peptide
- Abaloparatide (Tymlos)
- Outcome
- IncreaseLumbar spine BMD at 40 µg
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Analysis
- Primary
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- 40 µg daily · subcutaneous injection · 48 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Lumbar spine BMD increase
- 6.6%
- 40 µg
Source sentences
Increases in LS BMD with 40 and 80 µg abaloparatide were significantly higher than that with placebo (6.6% and 11.5%, respectively), with significant between-group differences for the abaloparatide groups (4.9%).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-finding study of abaloparatide in postmenopausal Japanese women at high fracture risk.
The primary endpoint was the change in lumbar spine (LS) BMD from baseline at the last visit after daily subcutaneous injections of placebo or 40 or 80 µg abaloparatide.