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Trial reportJournal of bone and mineral metabolism2016

Patient preference for monthly bisphosphonate versus weekly bisphosphonate in a cluster-randomized, open-label, crossover trial: Minodroate Alendronate/Risedronate Trial in Osteoporosis (MARTO).

Jun Iwamoto, Hiroya Okano, Takefumi Furuya, Tomohiko Urano, Masaichi Hasegawa, Hisashi Hirabayashi, Takami Kumakubo, Kazuya Makita

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Trial report in Journal of bone and mineral metabolism, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. A randomized, open-label, controlled trial of monthly oral minodronate or semiannual subcutaneous injection of denosumab for bone loss by androgen deprivation in Asian men with prostate cancer: the PRevention of Osteopenia with Minodronate And DEnosumab (PROMADE) study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020
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  6. Minodronate for the treatment of osteoporosis.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2018
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  7. The Pharmacological Profile of a Novel Highly Potent Bisphosphonate, OX14 (1-Fluoro-2-(Imidazo-[1,2-α]Pyridin-3-yl)-Ethyl-Bisphosphonate).Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2017
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  9. Hip fracture incidence in Japan: Estimates of new patients in 2012 and 25-year trends.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Jun IwamotoInstitute for Integrated Sports Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan. jiwamoto@keio.jp.
Hiroya OkanoIidabashi Ladies's Clinic, Tokyo, 102-0072, Japan.
Takefumi FuruyaInstitute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, 162-0054, Japan.
Tomohiko UranoDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan.
Masaichi HasegawaDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan.
Hisashi HirabayashiDepartment of Orthopedics, Tokyo Adventist Hospital, Tokyo, 167-8507, Japan.
Takami KumakuboKumakubo Orthopedics Clinic, Tokyo, 165-0025, Japan.
Kazuya MakitaMakita Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinic, Saitama, 352-0021, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Minodronate is a potent nitrogen-containing bisphosphonate that can be administered according to a monthly (every 4 weeks) dosing regimen. A 6-month, cluster-randomized, open-label, multicenter, crossover trial was conducted to test the preference of Japanese patients with osteoporosis for monthly bisphosphonate versus weekly bisphosphonate. One hundred and forty-seven patients (postmenopausal women and men) with primary osteoporosis were recruited at eight outpatient clinics. The clinics were randomized into two groups according to the dosing protocol-monthly minodronate followed by weekly alendronate or risedronate for a total of 24 weeks, or weekly alendronate or risedronate followed by monthly minodronate for 24 weeks. Patient preference for either the monthly or weekly bisphosphonate regimen was evaluated using a preference questionnaire. One hundred and fifteen patients (78.2 %) who completed the trial were processed for the analyses. Significantly more patients preferred the monthly bisphosphonate regimen (65.2 %) than the weekly bisphosphonate regimen (15.7 %) (P = 0.007). 'Dosing schedule fits lifestyle better' was the most common reason given for the patient preference for both the monthly (32.0 %) and weekly bisphosphonate (33.3 %) regimens. Significantly more patients found the monthly bisphosphonate regimen to be more convenient (73.0 %) than the weekly bisphosphonate regimen (13.9 %) (P < 0.0001). The safety profiles of the two regimens were similar. The present trial demonstrated a strong patient preference for and the convenience of the monthly bisphosphonate regimen over the weekly bisphosphonate regimen in Japanese patients with osteoporosis.

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Patient PreferenceAgedAged, 80 and overAlendronateCross-Over StudiesDemographyDiphosphonatesDrug Administration ScheduleFemaleHumansImidazolesMaleMiddle AgedOsteoporosisRisedronic AcidAlendronateDiphosphonatesImidazolesRisedronic AcidYM 529ConvenienceMinodronateMonthly bisphosphonatePreferencePrimary osteoporosis

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