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ArticleJournal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research2011

Effects of the combination treatment of raloxifene and alendronate on the biomechanical properties of vertebral bone.

Tamim Diab, Jason Wang, Susan Reinwald, Robert E Guldberg, David B Burr

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Article in Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9citing papers in PubMed
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Recommendations for raloxifene use in daily clinical practice in the Swiss setting.European spine journal : official publication of the European Spine Society, the European Spinal Deformity Society, and the European Section of the Cervical Spine Research Society · 2012
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tamim DiabDepartment of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA.
Jason Wang
Susan Reinwald
Robert E Guldberg
David B Burr
Georgia Institute of Technology · USIndiana University School of MedicineIndiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis · US

Funding

Microdamage Initiation and Progression in Trabecular BoneR01AG027249 · NIA · GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI GULDBERG, ROBERT E · 2007 to 2011
$1.3M
NIA NIH HHS R01 AG027249
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Raloxifene (RAL) and alendronate (ALN) improve the biomechanical properties of bone by different mechanisms. The goal here was to investigate the effects of combination treatment of RAL and ALN on the biomechanical properties of vertebral bone. Six-month-old Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 80) were randomized into five experimental groups (sham, OVX, OVX + RAL, OVX + ALN, and OVX + RAL + ALN; n = 16/group). Following euthanization, structural and derived material biomechanical properties of vertebral bodies were assessed. Density and dynamic histomorphometric measurements were made on cancellous bone. The results demonstrate that the structural biomechanical properties of vertebral bone are improved with the combination treatment. Stiffness and ultimate load of the OVX + RAL and OVX + ALN groups were significantly lower than those of sham animals, but the combination treatment with RAL + ALN was not significantly different from sham. Furthermore, the OVX + RAL + ALN group was the only agent-treated group in which the ultimate load was significantly higher than that in OVX animals (p < .05). Cancellous bone fractional volume (BV/TV(canc)) and bone mineral density (aBMD) also were improved with the combination treatment. BV/TV(canc) of the OVX + RAL + ALN group was 6.7% and 8.7% greater than that of the OVX + RAL (p < .05) and OVX + ALN (p < .05) groups, respectively. Areal BMD of the OVX + RAL or OVX + ALN groups was not significantly different from that in OVX animals, but the value in animals undergoing combination treatment was significantly higher than that in OVX or OVX + RAL animals alone and not significantly different from that in sham-operated animals. Turnover rates of both the RAL + ALN and ALN alone groups were lower than in the RAL-treated alone group (p < .05). We conclude that the combination treatment of raloxifene and alendronate has beneficial effects on bone volume, resulting in improvement in the structural properties of vertebral bone.

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AlendronateAnimalsBiomechanical PhenomenaBone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsDensitometryDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansLumbar VertebraeModels, StatisticalOsteoporosisRaloxifene HydrochlorideRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyAlendronateBone Density Conservation AgentsRaloxifene Hydrochloride

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PMID20687153
PMCPMC3179343
OpenAlexW2044023693

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