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Effect of risedronate on hip structural geometry: a 1-year, double-blind trial in chemotherapy-induced postmenopausal women.

G J van Londen, S Perera, K T Vujevich, S M Sereika, R Bhattacharya, S L Greenspan

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Trial report in Bone, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Twelve-month resistance and impact exercise program or risedronate provides a relative benefit to hip bone structure in postmenopausal women: results from a randomized controlled trial.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2024
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  3. Effect of monthly ibandronate on hip structural geometry in men with low bone density.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2012
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  6. DXA-based hip structural analysis of once-weekly bisphosphonate-treated postmenopausal women with low bone mass.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2009
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

G J van LondenMedicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. Electronic address: vanLondenJ@upmc.edu.
S PereraMedicine and Biostatistics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
K T VujevichMedicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
S M SereikaBiostatistics, Health and Community Systems, and Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
R BhattacharyaMedicine, University of Kansas, Kansas City, KS, USA.
S L GreenspanMedicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
University of Pittsburgh · USUniversity of Kansas · US

Funding

University of Pittsburgh Clinical and Translational Science InstituteUL1TR000005 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI REIS, STEVEN E · 2012 to 2015
$50.8M
WITHIN SUBJ VARIABILITY IN MEASUREMENTS DRUG METABOL ENZYMES IN HLTY SUBJM01RR000056 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI LEVINE, ARTHUR S · 1985 to 2006
$29.2M
VARIABILITY, STABILITY & SMOOTHNESS OF WALKINGP30AG024827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Caterina Rosano · 2004 to 2026
$28.6M
Pitt Integrated Clinical and Geroscience Research Training ProgramT32AG021885 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI Aditi U Gurkar · 2003 to 2026
$6.7M
Pilot ResearchP20CA103730 · NCI · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI CHATTA, GURKAMAL S · 2003 to 2007
$3.2M
Osteoporosis in Older Men and WomenK24DK062895 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI GREENSPAN, SUSAN L · 2003 to 2012
$1.6M
Training in Aging Research for MD InvestigatorsK07AG023641 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI STUDENSKI, STEPHANIE A · 2004 to 2008
$540k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR000005NCI NIH HHS CA103730NCI NIH HHS P20 CA103730NCRR NIH HHS M01 RR000056NCRR NIH HHS M01-RR00056NIA NIH HHS K07 AG023641NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024827NIA NIH HHS T32 AG021885NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK062895NIDDK NIH HHS K24 DK062895-03
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionChemotherapy-induced menopause is associated with bone loss. The effect on structural geometry is unknown. Our objective was to determine if oral bisphosphonate therapy could maintain or improve femoral geometry in breast cancer patients with chemotherapy-induced menopause.

methodsThis preplanned 1 year interim, secondary analysis of the Risedronate's Effect on Bone loss in Breast CAncer Study (REBBeCA Study) examined hip structure analysis (HSA), i.e. changes in the bone cross-sectional area (bone CSA), section modulus (SM: measure of bending strength), cortical thickness (CT) and buckling ratio (BR: index of cortical bone stability), in a double-blind trial of 87 newly postmenopausal, nonmetastatic breast cancer patients, randomized to risedronate, 35 mg once weekly (RIS) versus placebo (PBO).

resultsAfter 12 months, intertrochanteric parameters demonstrated percentage improvement (RIS vs. PBO) from baseline in bone CSA (mean+/-SD: 4.25+/-6.29 vs. 0.60+/-5.99%), SM (3.97+/-6.40 vs. 0.80+/-7.08%), and CT [5.20+/-6.98 vs. 1.13+/-6.87% (all p-values <0.05 except SM p=0,0643)]. Similar improvements were observed at the femoral shaft [bone CSA: 2.24+/-5.74 vs. -0.78+/-5.73%; SM: 1.62+/-6.23 vs. -1.39+/-7.06%; CT: 3.79+/-7.84 vs. -0.17+/-7.90% (all p-values <0.05, RIS vs. PBO, except SM p= p =0.0568)]. At both sites, the BR had significant decreases consistent with improved strength.

conclusionWe conclude that RIS improves measures of hip structural geometry in women with breast cancer following chemotherapy.

Indexed as

Bone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsBreast NeoplasmsDouble-Blind MethodEtidronic AcidFemaleFemurHip JointHumansMiddle AgedPatient CompliancePostmenopauseRisedronic AcidStatistics, NonparametricBone Density Conservation AgentsEtidronic AcidRisedronic Acid

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PMID18519174
PMCPMC2584360
OpenAlexW2167180413

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