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Observational studyOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2024

Treatment patterns in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis using abaloparatide: a real-world observational study.

Deborah T Gold, Tammy Beckett, Chad Deal, Andrew L James, Mahshid Mohseni, Abigail McMillan, Tom Bailey, Leny Pearman, John Caminis, Yamei Wang and 2 more

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Observational study in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 8 institutions in 2 countries.

Deborah T GoldDepartments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Sociology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA.
Tammy BeckettDepartment of Orthopaedics, Orthopaedic Associates of Grand Rapids Research and Education Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
Chad DealDepartment of Rheumatology, Center for Osteoporosis and Metabolic Bone Disease, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7591-4718
Andrew L JamesProactive Orthopaedics at Columbia Orthopaedic Group LLP, Adult Health CNS, Columbia, MO, USA.
Mahshid MohseniDepartment of Medicine, Division of Bone and Mineral Diseases, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA.
Abigail McMillanObservational Research Adelphi Real World, Bollington, Macclesfield, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0289-4955
Tom BaileyObservational Research Adelphi Real World, Bollington, Macclesfield, UK.
Leny PearmanGlobal Medical Affairs, Radius Health, Inc, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4298-3917
John CaminisGlobal Medical Affairs, Radius Health, Inc, Boston, MA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8734-7327
Yamei WangBiostatistics, Radius Health, Inc, Boston, MA, USA. yawang@radiuspharm.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5741-9836
Setareh A WilliamsCobbs Creek Healthcare, Newtown Square, PA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6795-2677
Jacqueline M KernaghanOsteoporosis Center of Delaware County, Prospect Health Access Network, Springfield, PA, USA.
Radius Health (United States) · USAdelphi Group (United Kingdom) · GBCleveland Clinic · USColumbia Orthopaedic Group · USDuke Medical Center · USGenesis HealthCare · USOrthopaedic Associates of Michigan · USWashington University in St. Louis · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Review of medical records from 173 women with osteoporosis who received abaloparatide treatment revealed that 96.0% had at least one visit for osteoporosis management and 55.5% had medication support group access. The most common reasons for discontinuing treatment were financial (31.2%) and tolerability (22.8%). Most patients (64.8%) completed treatment as prescribed. PURPOSE: Abaloparatide is approved for the treatment of women with postmenopausal osteoporosis at high risk for fracture. This study evaluated real-world treatment patterns for patients new to abaloparatide, regardless of osteoporosis treatment history.

methodsData for patients with ≥ 1 prescription for abaloparatide were collected retrospectively from six academic and clinical practice settings across the US.

resultsA total of 173 patients were enrolled (mean [SD] age, 69.8 [7.4] years). At the time of abaloparatide treatment initiation, 78.6% had received other osteoporosis medications. Mean (SD) time from discontinuation of osteoporosis medications prior to initiation of abaloparatide was 1.7 (3.2) years. Twenty-four months of follow-up data from the initiation date of abaloparatide was collected from 94.0% of patients and 6.0% of patients had 12-24 months of follow-up. During the follow-up period, 96.0% of patients had at least one visit for osteoporosis management and 55.5% had access to a medication support program. The median duration of therapy was 18.6 months and 105/162 (64.8%) completed abaloparatide treatment as prescribed. The most common reasons for treatment discontinuation were financial (31.2%) and tolerability (22.8%). Following completion of a course of treatment with abaloparatide, 82/162 (50.6%) patients transitioned to another osteoporosis medication. The median time between abaloparatide treatment course completion and the initiation of follow-on medication was 21 days.

conclusionMost patients completed treatment with abaloparatide as prescribed, and over half continued with an antiresorptive agent. This favorable conduct may be the result of regular follow-up visits and accessibility to both medication and patient support services.

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Bone Density Conservation AgentsOsteoporosis, PostmenopausalParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinAgedAged, 80 and overDrug CostsDrug MonitoringFemaleHumansMiddle AgedOsteoporotic FracturesPractice Patterns, Physicians'Retrospective StudiesabaloparatideBone Density Conservation AgentsParathyroid Hormone-Related ProteinAbaloparatideAnabolic therapyOsteoporosisTreatment patternsTreatment persistence

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PMID38653862
PMCPMC11282169
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