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ReviewClinical interventions in aging2009

Emerging treatments for postmenopausal osteoporosis - focus on denosumab.

Piet Geusens

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Review in Clinical interventions in aging, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed
3.0field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Inflammatory responses improve with milk ribonuclease-enriched lactoferrin supplementation in postmenopausal women.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2010
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  8. OPG-Fc but Not Zoledronic Acid Discontinuation Reverses Osteonecrosis of the Jaws (ONJ) in Mice.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2015
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  10. RANK-Ligand inhibitor associated osteonecrosis of the jaw.GMS Interdisciplinary plastic and reconstructive surgery DGPW · 2013
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  11. Transient muscle paralysis degrades bone via rapid osteoclastogenesis.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2012
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  15. Osteonecrosis of the jaw in a patient on Denosumab.Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery : official journal of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons · 2010
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  18. Breast Cancer: Rank Ligand Inhibition.Breast care (Basel, Switzerland)
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Piet GeusensDepartment of Internal Medicine, Subdivision of Rheumatology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands. piet.geusens@scarlet.be
Maastricht University · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The pathway of the receptor activator of the nuclear factor kappaB ligand (RANKL), RANK and osteoprotegerin (OPG) plays a central role in coupling bone formation and resorption during normal bone turnover and in a wide spectrum of diseases characterized by disturbed bone remodeling, increased bone resorption and bone destruction (osteoporosis, Paget's disease of bone, rheumatoid arthritis [RA], metastatic bone disease). Clinical trials indicate that denosumab, a RANKL-specific recombinant humanized monoclonal antibody, is effective in suppressing bone resorption, resulting in increase in bone mineral density (BMD) in post-menopausal women with low BMD, and has the potential to prevent progression of erosions in RA and of skeletal-related events in metastatic bone disease. The effects on fracture reduction in postmenopausal osteoporosis are awaited from the recently finished FREEDOM study. In clinical trials with denosumab, overall adverse events were similar to placebo or comparators, indicating a favorable safety profile in these diseases, which until now have been available up to 4 years, but data on long-term safety will be needed.

Indexed as

Antibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedArthritis, RheumatoidBone DensityBone RemodelingBone ResorptionDenosumabFemaleFractures, BoneHumansMiddle AgedOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalOsteoprotegerinRANK LigandAntibodies, MonoclonalAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedDenosumabOsteoprotegerinRANK Ligandbone mineral densitydenosumabpostmenopausal osteoporosis

Identifiers

PMID19554095
PMCPMC2697589
OpenAlexW2087166222

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