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ReviewOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2009

Monitoring strontium ranelate therapy in patients with osteoporosis.

D L Kendler, J D Adachi, R G Josse, D O Slosman

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Review in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. How strontium ranelate, via opposite effects on bone resorption and formation, prevents osteoporosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2011
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  5. Osteoporosis: disease severity and consequent fracture management.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2010
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  7. OSTEOPOROSIS DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT.Revista brasileira de ortopedia
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

D L KendlerUniversity of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada. kendler@ca.inter.net
J D Adachi
R G Josse
D O Slosman

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThe purpose of this study was to review the monitoring of strontium ranelate osteoporosis therapy.

methodsThe method used in this study was comprehensive literature review with clinical perspectives.

resultsChanges in bone turnover markers (BTM) or bone mineral density (BMD) have been documented in osteoporosis clinical trials. However, neither BMD nor BTM changes fully explain the observed fracture risk reduction in treated patients. If changes in BMD or BTM on therapy would be easily discernable in individual patients, and were strongly associated with fracture risk reduction, monitoring individuals would be more useful. BMD changes in patients on strontium ranelate are of a greater magnitude and hence can be easily determined in an individual patient. In addition, there exists a better correlation between fracture risk reduction and increases in BMD.

conclusionsThe strong correlation between measured BMD increases and fracture risk reduction in patients on strontium ranelate therapy will be of clinical benefit to physicians wishing to evaluate both treatment persistence and fracture risk reduction.

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BiomarkersBone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsBone RemodelingClinical Trials as TopicFractures, BoneHumansOrganometallic CompoundsOsteoporosisThiophenesTreatment OutcomeBiomarkersBone Density Conservation AgentsOrganometallic Compoundsstrontium ranelateThiophenes

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