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ArticleBone reports2021

Real-world effects and adverse events of romosozumab in Japanese osteoporotic patients: A prospective cohort study.

Tomonori Kobayakawa, Takako Suzuki, Masaki Nakano, Makoto Saito, Akiko Miyazaki, Jun Takahashi, Yukio Nakamura

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Article in Bone reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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37citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

37 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Modern pharmacological management of Osteoporosis: from monotherapy to sequential and combination approaches in postmenopausal women.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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  5. Real-world comparison of abaloparatide and romosozumab: effects on bone mineral density and three-dimensional hip structure.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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  10. Mechanical Phenotyping of MG63s Following Vibrational Stimulation.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  13. A new age of osteoanabolic therapy? A real-world, two-centre study comparing effects of romosozumab, teriparatide, and antiresorptive therapies for osteoporosis.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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  18. Sequential and combination therapy with romosozumab.Journal of bone and mineral metabolism · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Tomonori KobayakawaKobayakawa Orthopedic and Rheumatologic Clinic, 1969 Kunou, Fukuroi, Shizuoka 437-0061, Japan.
Takako SuzukiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
Masaki NakanoDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
Makoto SaitoDepartment of Clinical Support Office, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital, 3-18-22 Honkagome, Bunkyou-ku, Tokyo 113-8677, Japan.
Akiko MiyazakiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
Jun TakahashiDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
Yukio NakamuraDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Shinshu University School of Medicine, 3-1-1 Asahi, Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621, Japan.
Shinshu University · JPTokyo Kasei Gakuin University · JPTokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Real-world data on the new anti-sclerostin antibody drug, romosozumab, remain scarce. There is a strong need to accumulate and analyze data on romosozumab treatment for such conditions as osteoporosis. The purpose of this study was to investigate the therapeutic and adverse effects of romosozumab for osteoporosis treatment in clinical practice. Of the 230 osteoporosis patients prescribed romosozumab from September 2019 in this prospective multicenter cohort study, 204 patients completed 12 months of treatment. The primary outcome of interest was the rate of change in bone mineral density (BMD) of the lumbar spine, total hip, and femoral neck as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. Secondary outcomes included changes in bone turnover markers and serum-corrected calcium level as well as the incidence of adverse events. At 6 and 12 months of romosozumab treatment, the respective percentage change in BMD from baseline was 7.4% and 12.2% for the lumbar spine, 1.8% and 5.8% for the total hip, and 2.9% and 6.0% for the femoral neck, all of which were significantly higher (

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Adverse eventBone mineral densityBone turnover markerOsteoporosisRomosozumab

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PMID33981812
PMCPMC8085670
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