Evidence map›Paper›PMID 26018090›Full record

ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2015

Persistence, adherence, and medication-taking behavior in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis receiving denosumab in routine practice in Germany, Austria, Greece, and Belgium: 12-month results from a European non-interventional study.

P Hadji, N Papaioannou, E Gielen, M Feudjo Tepie, E Zhang, I Frieling, P Geusens, P Makras, H Resch, G Möller and 2 more

Open access · hybridAbstract readMulticenter Study
In one paragraph

Article in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
52citing papers in PubMed, 7 pooled it
7.6field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

52 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 92 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Persistence and adherence to parenteral osteoporosis therapies: a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020
    Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Pooled it
  6. A systematic review of factors affecting medication adherence among patients with osteoporosis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018
    Pooled it
  7. Persistence with denosumab and persistence with oral bisphosphonates for the treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis: a retrospective, observational study, and a meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2015
    Pooled it
  8. Trial
  9. Denosumab-efficacy, safety, persistence and sequential strategies-a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2026
    Review
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Review
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Adherence to oral anticoagulation measured by electronic monitoring in a Belgian atrial fibrillation population.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2023
    Article
  18. Article
  19. [Osteoporosis: diagnostics and treatment].Orthopadie (Heidelberg, Germany) · 2023
    Article
  20. [Osteoporosis: diagnostics and treatment].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2022
    Article
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

12 authors at 8 institutions in 6 countries.

P HadjiDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Steinbacher Hohl 2-26, 60488, Frankfurt, Germany. hadji.peyman@khnw.de.
N PapaioannouMedical School, Laboratory of Research of Myoskeletal Diseases, KAT Hospital, University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
E GielenDepartment of Geriatrics and the Centre for Metabolic Bone Diseases, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
M Feudjo TepieAmgen Ltd, Uxbridge, UK.
E ZhangAmgen Ltd, Uxbridge, UK.
I FrielingOsteoporosis Center, Hamburg, Germany.
P GeusensDepartment of Internal Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, Netherlands.
P MakrasDepartment of Endocrinology and Diabetes, 251 Hellenic Airforce and VA General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
H ReschSt Vincent Hospital, Medical Department II, Academic Teaching Hospital of the Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
G MöllerPractice for Preventive and Regenerative Medicine, Staufen im Breisgau, Germany.
L Kalouche-KhalilAmgen (Europe) GmbH, Zug, Switzerland.
A Fahrleitner-PammerDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
Amgen (United Kingdom) · GBAmgen (Switzerland) · CHHasselt University · BEHellenic Airforce General Hospital · GRMedical University of Graz · ATMedical University of Vienna · ATNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversitair Ziekenhuis Leuven · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

unlabelledPersistence with and adherence to osteoporosis therapy are critical for fracture reduction. This non-interventional study is evaluating medication-taking behavior of women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) receiving denosumab in Germany, Austria, Greece, and Belgium. Patients were representative of the PMO population and highly persistent with and adherent to denosumab at 12 months.

introductionPersistence with and adherence to osteoporosis therapy are important for optimal treatment efficacy, namely fracture reduction. This ongoing, non-interventional study will evaluate medication-taking behavior of women with postmenopausal osteoporosis (PMO) receiving denosumab in routine practice in four European countries.

methodsThe study enrolled women who had been prescribed subcutaneous denosumab (60 mg every 6 months) in accordance with prescribing information and local guidelines. Persistence was defined as receiving the subsequent injection within 6 months + 8 weeks of the previous injection. Adherence was defined as receiving two consecutive injections within 6 months ± 4 weeks of each other. Medication coverage ratio (MCR) was calculated using the time a patient was covered with denosumab, as assessed from prescription records. Treatment was assigned prior to and independently of enrollment; outcomes are recorded during routine practice.

resultsThese planned 12-month interim analyses included data from 1500 patients from 141 sites. Mean age was 66.4-72.4 years, mean baseline total hip T-scores ranged from -2.0 to -2.1 and femoral neck T-scores from -2.2 to -2.6, and 30.7-62.1% of patients had prior osteoporotic fracture. Persistence was 87.0-95.3%, adherence 82.7-89.3%, and MCR 91.3-95.4%. In a univariate analysis, increased age, decreased mobility, and increased distance to the clinic were associated with significantly decreased persistence; parental history of hip fracture was associated with significantly increased persistence.

conclusionsThese data extend the real-world evidence regarding persistence with and adherence to denosumab, both of which are critical for favorable clinical outcomes, including fracture risk reduction.

Indexed as

Drug MonitoringAgedAged, 80 and overBone Density Conservation AgentsComorbidityDenosumabDrug Administration ScheduleEuropeFemaleHumansInjections, SubcutaneousMedicineMiddle AgedOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalOsteoporotic FracturesProspective StudiesBone Density Conservation AgentsDenosumabAdherenceComplianceDenosumabNon-interventional studyOsteoporosisPersistence

Identifiers

PMID26018090
PMCPMC4575374
OpenAlexW1519774985

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.