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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 USA2014

PINP as a biological response marker during teriparatide treatment for osteoporosis.

J H Krege, N E Lane, J M Harris, P D Miller

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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, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 78 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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78 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 163 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

J H KregeLilly USA, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
N E Lane
J M Harris
P D Miller
Eli Lilly (United States) · USUniversity of California, Davis · USUniversity of Colorado Health · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Postmenopausal women with severe osteoporosis may require treatment with the bone anabolic drug teriparatide. While changes in bone mineral density (BMD) are one measure of response, BMD changes often require a minimum of one year to observe measureable changes. Biochemical markers of bone turnover change within 1 to 3 months of initiating osteoporosis therapy. Monitoring with a marker such as procollagen type I N propeptide (PINP), an osteoblast-derived protein, during teriparatide treatment may provide clinically useful information for managing patients with osteoporosis. Clinical trials have shown consistent increases in PINP within 3 months of initiating teriparatide, increases that are significantly greater than placebo and significantly different from baseline. Increases in PINP concentrations during teriparatide treatment correlate well with increases in skeletal activity assessed by radioisotope bone scans and quantitative bone histomorphometry parameters. Individuals treated with teriparatide in clinical trials usually experienced an increase in PINP > 10 mcg/L from baseline, while those given placebo usually did not. In the clinical setting, patients experiencing a significant increase in PINP > 10 mcg/L after initiating teriparatide therapy may receive an earlier confirmation of anabolic effect, while those who do not may be assessed for adherence, proper injection technique, or undetected secondary conditions that might mitigate an anabolic response. PINP monitoring may provide information supplemental to BMD monitoring and be a useful aid in managing patients receiving anabolic osteoporosis treatment in the same way that biochemical markers of bone resorption are useful in monitoring antiresorptive therapy. This review examines PINP as a biological response marker during teriparatide treatment for osteoporosis.

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BiomarkersBone Density Conservation AgentsDrug MonitoringFemaleHumansOsteogenesisOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalPeptide FragmentsProcollagenTeriparatideTreatment OutcomeBiomarkersBone Density Conservation AgentsPeptide FragmentsProcollagenprocollagen Type I N-terminal peptideTeriparatide

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PMCPMC4134485
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