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SynthesisJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2020

The therapeutic effect to eldecalcitol + bisphosphonate is superior to bisphosphonate alone in the treatment of osteoporosis: a meta-analysis.

Zaoqian Zheng, Jinyu Luo

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readMeta-Analysis
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Synthesis in Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 26% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zaoqian ZhengDepartment of Pharmacy, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Hangzhou, 310012, Zhejiang, China.
Jinyu LuoHemopurification Center, Division of Nursing, Tongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province, No. 234 Gucui Road, Xihu District, Hangzhou, 310012, Zhejiang Province, China. ljy173481370@163.com.
Hangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNTongde Hospital of Zhejiang Province · CN

Funding

the Zhejiang Public Technology and Policy Science (social science) Applied Research Project 2020C35071Zhejiang Medical Science and Technology Project 2020KY086
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundOsteoporosis is a metabolic bone disease. Bisphosphonate (BP) and eldecalcitol (ELD) are two clinical first-line drugs for osteoporosis patients. However, the effect of ELD + BP vs. BP alone on osteoporosis treatment is still unclear. The present meta-analysis was conducted to evaluate the different therapeutic effect of BP + ELD vs. BP alone in osteoporosis treatment.

methodsEligible documents that selected from online databases including PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library were included in this study (updated to March 3, 2020). The quality assessment of the included studies was based on the guidelines of Cochrane. Meta-analysis was performed according to criteria such as intervention plan and outcome. The indicators including bone mineral density (BMD) in all enrolled studies were included in the current analysis. Pooled odds ratios (ORs) and weighted mean differences (WMDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated using fixed- or random-effects models. Then, heterogeneity analysis was performed based on Cochran's Q test and I

resultsA total of 4 studies (456 cases) with high quality were enrolled in this study. The effect of ELD + BP was superior to BP alone based on indicators including femoral neck BMD (FN-BMD) and total hip BMD (TH-BMD) in patients with followed up ≤ 6 months. Moreover, the effect of ELD + BP was superior to BP alone based on lumbar spine BMD (LS-BMD) in patients with 12 months followed up.

conclusionTherapeutic effect of ELD + BP was superior to BP alone in osteoporotic patients based on the influence of BMD.

Indexed as

AgedBone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsDiphosphonatesDrug Therapy, CombinationFemaleFemur NeckFollow-Up StudiesHumansLumbar VertebraeMaleOsteoporosisPelvic BonesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeVitamin DBone Density Conservation AgentsDiphosphonateseldecalcitolVitamin DBisphosphonateBone mineral densityEldecalcitolMeta-analysisOsteoporosisTherapeutic effect

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PMID32907639
PMCPMC7487739
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