ArticleNature clinical practice. Rheumatology2009
Is denosumab better than alendronate in the treatment of osteoporosis?
Article in Nature clinical practice. Rheumatology, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Cost effectiveness of denosumab compared with oral bisphosphonates in the treatment of post-menopausal osteoporotic women in Belgium.PharmacoEconomics · 2011Article
- siRNA knock-down of RANK signaling to control osteoclast-mediated bone resorption.Pharmaceutical research · 2010Article
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Abstract
Denosumab is a fully human monoclonal antibody to receptor activator of nuclear factor kappaB ligand (RANKL), the principal mediator of osteoclastic bone resorption. By binding to RANKL, denosumab reduces the differentiation, activity and survival of osteoclasts, and thereby slows the rate of bone resorption. These antiresorptive effects led to the development of this agent as a treatment for osteoporosis. In studies conducted so far, denosumab is an efficacious and well-tolerated treatment for postmenopausal osteoporosis. Oral bisphosphonates are currently favored as first-line therapy for most patients with this condition and, therefore, studies that directly compare the effects of these agents with denosumab are of clinical interest. Here, I discuss a study by Brown et al. that compares the effects of denosumab and alendronate in women who have not previously received antiosteoporosis therapy, and place the findings in the context of other clinically relevant studies of this RANKL inhibitor.
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