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ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2023

Sequential treatment of teriparatide and alendronate versus alendronate alone for elevation of bone mineral density and prevention of refracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty in osteoporosis: a prospective study.

Dazhi Yang, Jie Tan, Yufeng Long, Kang Huang, Weidong Han, Min Wang, Shizhuang Zhu, Shutong Zeng, Weihong Yi

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Article in Aging clinical and experimental research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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

  1. Impact of anti-osteoporosis medication on refracture prevention following osteoporotic vertebral fracture: 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 · 2025
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  7. From pill to pain: Alendronate-induced esophageal injury-A case report and review.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Dazhi Yang *Department of Spinal Surgery, The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518052, Guangdong, China. dazhiyang@email.szu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0316-8346
Jie Tan *Department of Spinal Surgery, The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518052, Guangdong, China.
Yufeng LongDepartment of Orthopedics, Traumatology, Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 999077, China.
Kang HuangDepartment of Spinal Surgery, The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518052, Guangdong, China.
Weidong HanDepartment of Pain, The 8th Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen, 518052, Guangdong, China.
Min WangDepartment of Spinal Surgery, The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518052, Guangdong, China.
Shizhuang ZhuDepartment of Orthopedics, Shenzhen Nanshan Hospital Affiliated to Guangdong Medical University, Shenzhen, 518052, Guangdong, China.
Shutong ZengHealth Science Center, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen, 518000, Guangdong, China.
Weihong YiDepartment of Spinal Surgery, The 6th Affiliated Hospital of Shenzhen University Health Science Center, Shenzhen, 518052, Guangdong, China.
Shenzhen University Health Science Center · CNChinese University of Hong Kong · HKGuangdong Medical College · CNSichuan University · CNSun Yat-sen University · CN

Funding

Shenzhen Healthcare Research Project szly2018012
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPercutaneous vertebroplasty was the most common strategy for osteoporotic vertebral compression fracture. However, refracture after vertebroplasty also occurred and bone mineral density (BMD) was one of the main factors associated with refracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty.

aimsTo investigate the efficacy of a short-sequential treatment of teriparatide followed by alendronate on prevention of refracture after percutaneous vertebroplasty in osteoporotic patients, and compare it with the therapy of alendronate alone.

methodsFrom January 2018 to January 2020, we recruited 165 female osteoporosis patients after percutaneous vertebroplasty who were assigned into sequential treatment of teriparatide followed by alendronate group (TPTD + ALN group) and alendronate alone group (ALN group). The vertebral fracture occurred during this process was also recorded in both the groups. A total of 105 participants completed the 1-year follow-up. Furthermore, BMD and serum procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (PINP) and C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of type I collagen (CTX) were compared between the two groups during 1-year follow-up.

resultsThe 105 patients were finally included, with 59 in ALN group and 46 in TPTD + ALN group. During 1-year follow-up, the vertebral refracture rate in TPTD + ALN group was much lower than that in ALN group (2.2% vs. 13.6%, p < 0.05). At 12 months, the BMDs at lumbar in TPTD + ALN group were significantly elevated when compared to the ALN group (0.65 ± 0.10 vs. 0.57 ± 0.07, p < 0.001). DISCUSSION AND

conclusionA short-sequential administration of teriparatide followed by alendronate was more effective in elevating the BMD and decreasing the refracture rate at 12-month follow-up, compared to the counterpart with alendronate alone.

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Bone Density Conservation AgentsFractures, CompressionOsteoporosisOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalSpinal FracturesVertebroplastyAlendronateBone DensityCollagen Type IFemaleHumansProspective StudiesTeriparatideAlendronateBone Density Conservation AgentsCollagen Type IProcollagen Type ITeriparatideAlendronateBone mineral densityOsteoporosisRefractureTeriparatide

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PMID36708462
PMCPMC10014757
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