In hip-fracture patients, the difference between CTx and osteocalcin values at 6 months was large in the weekly teriparatide group, while the saline control group showed no difference.
In plain wordsIn hip-fracture patients, bone-marker differences were large at six months with teriparatide, while saline controls showed no difference.
- Peptide
- Teriparatide (PTH 1-34)
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedCTx–osteocalcin difference at six months
- Study
n = 92
- Comparator
- Normal saline control
- Outcome group
- Bone and joint · Musculoskeletal
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · Weekly injectionAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
The control group did not show a difference between the CTx and OC at 6 months, but the difference between the CTx and OC values was large at 6 months in the experimental group.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The purpose of this double-blind randomized controlled trial was to evaluate the influence of weekly teriparatide administration on bone formation in hip fracture patients.
The control group (n = 41) was composed of patients treated with normal saline other than teriparatide, and the teriparatide group (n = 51) consisted of patients who received weekly teriparatide.