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ReviewCurrent osteoporosis reports2023

Denosumab Discontinuation.

Anne Sophie Sølling, Elena Tsourdi, Torben Harsløf, Bente L Langdahl

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Review in Current osteoporosis reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
33citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
3.6field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

33 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 40 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Hypercalcemia after denosumab discontinuation in patients with osteoporosis: a systematic review and case report.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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  4. Bone density and remodeling after discontinuation of sequential therapy for premenopausal idiopathic 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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  8. Non-metastatic breast cancer patients discontinuing aromatase inhibitor on denosumab: what next?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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  14. [Diabetic Charcot neuroarthropathy initially misdiagnosed as rheumatoid arthritis and gout: A case report].Beijing da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Peking University. Health sciences · 2025
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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

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Anne Sophie SøllingDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0001-7252-8128
Elena TsourdiDepartment of Medicine III & Center for Healthy Aging, Universitätsklinikum Dresden, Dresden, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9582-1906
Torben HarsløfDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID 0000-0002-8581-3523
Bente L LangdahlDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark. benlan@rm.dk.ORCID 0000-0002-8712-7199
Aarhus University Hospital · DKKlinik und Poliklinik für Psychotherapie und Psychosomatik · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewTo review the pathophysiology, the clinical consequences as well as way of mitigating the effects of denosumab discontinuation. RECENT

findingsTreatment with denosumab (DMAB) is reversible and upon discontinuation there is a rapid increase in bone turnover and a subsequent bone loss. During this phase of high bone turnover, an increased risk of fractures has been reported. Therefore, treatment with DMAB could be considered life-long. However, side-effects may prompt the need for discontinuation and moreover, treatment with DMAB may have increased BMD to levels where continuing treatment does not provide further fracture risk reduction. Patients stopping DMAB should be offered subsequent antiresorptive treatment with an intense monitoring regimen during the initial year as most of the bone loss occurs within these initial 12 months. In this review, we evaluated the literature published over the past 1 to 3 years investigating DMAB withdrawal with focus on bone turnover markers, bone mineral density, and fracture risk and the transition to other anti-osteoporosis therapies. Furthermore, we summarized the current recommendations of international guidelines. In this review, we evaluated the literature published over the past 1 to 3 years investigating denosumab (DMAB) discontinuation and the transition to other anti-osteoporosis therapies. Additionally, we summarized the current recommendations of international guidelines.

Indexed as

Bone Density Conservation AgentsFractures, BoneOsteoporosisOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalBone DensityDenosumabFemaleHumansBone Density Conservation AgentsDenosumabBone mineral densityBone turnover markersDenosumabFractureOsteoporosis

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PMID36564572
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