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Title: | Prevention of glucocorticoid induced osteoporosis with alendronate or alfacalcidol: Relations of change in bone mineral density, bone markers, and calcium homeostasis | Authors: | Jacobs, Johannes W. G. de Nijs, Ron N. J. Lems, Willem F. GEUSENS, Piet Laan, Roland F. J. Huisman, Anne-Margriet Algra, Ale Buskens, Erik Hofbauer, Lorenz C. Oostveen, Ans C. M. Bruyn, George A. W. Dijkmans, Ben A. C. Bijlsma, Johannes W. J. |
Issue Date: | 2007 | Publisher: | J RHEUMATOL PUBL CO | Source: | JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY, 34(5). p. 1051-1057 | Abstract: | Objective. To explore the relation of changes in measures of bone turnover and changes in bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine and total hip over 18 months in a double-blinded, randomized trial, comparing the effect of alfacalcidol (101 patients) versus alendronate (100 patients) on BMD in patients who recently started treatment with glucocorticoids for various rheumatic diseases. Methods. Associations between changes in serum procollagen type I C-propeptide (P1CP), fasting urine N-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen (NTx), serum calcium, parathyroid hormone (PTH), osteocalcin, and change from baseline in BMD over 18 months were explored with regression and correlation analyses. Results. In both treatment groups, there was a statistically significant decrease in NTx. In the alfacalcidol group there was also a significant increase in P1CP and osteocalcin, in contrast to the alendronate group, but BMD in the alfacalcidol decreased versus an increase in the alendronate group (p < 0.001). In neither treatment group were changes in biochemical measures correlated with the change in BMD, with the exception of a negative correlation in the alendronate group between changes in total hip BMD and NTx. Use of alendronate resulted in an increased PTH in 27 patients, but the increase in BMD of these patients was not statistically significantly different compared to patients taking alendronate with normal PTH levels. Conclusion. Changes in BMD were not associated with changes in bone measures, with the exception of NTx in the alendronate group. For the patient taking glucocorticoids in clinical practice, the value of serial assessment of bone markers is low; changes in markers are no substitute for changes in BMD. | Notes: | Univ Utrecht, Ctr Med, Dept Rheumat & Clin Immunol, NL-3508 GA Utrecht, Netherlands. Univ Utrecht, Ctr Med, Julius Ctr Hlth Sci & Primary Care, NL-3508 GA Utrecht, Netherlands. Free Univ Amsterdam, Dept Rheumatol, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Radboud Univ Nijmegen, Ctr Med, Dept Rheumatol, Sint Franciscus Hosp, Rotterdam, Netherlands. Twentebory Univ, Dept Rheumatol Twente, Almelo, Netherlands. Univ Hosp Maastricht, Dept Rheumatol, Maastricht, Netherlands. Univ Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium. Univ Marburg, Dept Internal Med, Div Gastroenterol Endocrinol & Metab, D-3550 Marburg, Germany.Jacobs, JWG, Univ Utrecht, Ctr Med, Dept Rheumat & Clin Immunol, F02-127,POB 85500, NL-3508 GA Utrecht, Netherlands.J.W.G.Jacobs@UMCUtrecht.nl | Keywords: | bone mineral density; bone markers; osteoporosis; alendronate; alfacalcidol; glucocorticoids | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/4082 | Link to publication/dataset: | http://www.jrheum.com/abstracts/abstracts07/1051.html | ISSN: | 0315-162X | e-ISSN: | 1499-2752 | ISI #: | 000246230700025 | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution | Validations: | ecoom 2008 |
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