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Trial reportIndian journal of pharmacology

Denosumab biosimilar in postmenopausal osteoporotic women: A randomized, assessor-blind, active-controlled clinical trial.

Inderjeet Singh, Vinu Jose, Ronak Patel, Sumit Arora

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Trial report in Indian journal of pharmacology. 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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9citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Comparative efficacy of biosimilar denosumab and reference denosumab in treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis: a systematic review and 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 · 2026
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  6. Sexing Bones: Improving Transparency of Sex Reporting to Address Bias Within Preclinical Studies.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Inderjeet SinghClinical Development and Medical Affairs, Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Biopharma)., Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Vinu JoseClinical Development and Medical Affairs, Intas Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (Biopharma)., Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Ronak PatelBiostatistics and Programming, Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd., Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Sumit AroraClinical Trial Operations and Medical Services, Lambda Therapeutic Research Ltd., Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
Intas Pharmaceuticals (India) · INLambda Therapeutic Research (India) · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe study assessed the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetic (PK), and immunogenicity profiles of denosumab-biosimilar and denosumab-reference in postmenopausal osteoporotic women from India. MATERIALS AND

methodsIn this randomized, assessor-blind, active-control, multicenter trial, 114 patients were randomly allocated to receive denosumab-biosimilar (n = 58) or denosumab-reference (n = 56) at a subcutaneous dose of 60 mg every 6 months, for a year. Vitamin D and oral calcium were given daily. Lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) change was the primary end point.

resultsOf 114 randomized patients, 111 (denosumab-biosimilar, n = 56; denosumab-reference, n = 55) completed the study. All 114 patients were part of safety and immunogenicity analyses, 110 (denosumab-biosimilar, n = 56; denosumab-reference, n = 54) were part of efficacy analysis, and 20 (denosumab-biosimilar, n = 10; denosumab-reference, n = 10) were part of PK analysis. The bone mineral density (BMD) (lumbar spine) percent change at 1 year with denosumab-biosimilar and denosumab-reference (7.22 vs. 7.62; difference:-0.40; 95% confidence interval: -5.92, 5.12) showed no statistically relevant difference. Likewise, alkaline phosphatase (bone-specific) and PK parameters also did not show statistically relevant differences. Adverse events were reported in 44.83% of patients on denosumab-biosimilar versus 33.93% of patients on denosumab-reference; most events were mild or moderate and not related to the study drugs. No patients showed anti-denosumab antibody positivity.

conclusionsDenosumab-biosimilar and denosumab-reference showed biosimilarity in osteoporotic postmenopausal women. Availability of denosumab-biosimilar provides a treatment alternative for patients.

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Biosimilar PharmaceuticalsBone DensityBone Density Conservation AgentsDenosumabFemaleHumansLumbar VertebraeMiddle AgedOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeBiosimilar PharmaceuticalsBone Density Conservation AgentsDenosumabBiosimilarbone mineral densitydenosumabpharmacokineticspostmenopausal osteoporosis

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