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ArticleOsteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA2026

Abaloparatide and pelvic fracture healing: a phase 2 randomized placebo-controlled trial.

Jeri W Nieves, Felicia Cosman, Donald McMahon, Heather Berman, Roger J Bartolotta, J Jacob Kazam, Isabelle Hentschel, Kenneth Egol, David Forsh, Yuan-Shan Zhu and 2 more

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Article in Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04249232 (Abaloparatide Versus Placebo for Pelvic Fracture Healing - A Phase 2 Randomized Controlled Trial), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Abaloparatide Versus Placebo for Pelvic Fracture Healing - A Phase 2 Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorHospital for Special Surgery, New YorkRan2020 to 2024Enrolled48ConditionsFracture of Pelvis (Disorder)ArmsAbaloparatide 80 micrograms per Pen dose, Placebo prefilled injector pen
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Jeri W NievesHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA. Nievesje@hss.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8593-343X
Felicia CosmanDepartment of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Donald McMahonHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Heather BermanHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Roger J BartolottaDepartment of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
J Jacob KazamDepartment of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Isabelle HentschelHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Kenneth EgolNYU School of Medicine, NYU Langone Health, New York, NY, USA.
David ForshIcahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai Health System, New York, NY, USA.
Yuan-Shan ZhuDepartment of Medicine/Endocrinology, Clinical & Translational Science Center, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA.
Jae Eun YooHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.
Joseph LaneHospital for Special Surgery (HSS), 535 East 70th Street, New York, NY, 10021, USA.

Funding

PTH (1-34) and Pelvic Fracture Healing: A Randomized Controlled TrialU01AR069869 · NIAMS · HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY · PI NIEVES, JERI WANZOR · 2017 to 2021
$2.5M
Clinical and Translational Science Center, Weill Cornell Medical College UL1TR002384NIAMS NIH HHS U01AR069869
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Abstract

Pelvic fractures result in prolonged pain and immobility. In a randomized controlled trial of patients with pelvic fracture, whether abaloparatide (ABL) vs. placebo (PBO) improves healing at 3 months was evaluated. There was no significant difference in CT radiologic healing, physical performance, or change in pain in ABL vs. placebo. PURPOSE: To determine if abaloparatide (ABL) vs. placebo (PBO) improves radiologic healing, pain, and functional outcome at 3 months in patients with pelvic fracture.

methodsPostmenopausal women and men ≥ 50 years old, enrolled within 4 weeks of pelvic fracture (n = 48), were randomized to blinded ABL vs. PBO. The primary endpoint, fracture healing at 3 months, was assessed by two radiologists using a 5-point scale for cortical bridging from CT images comparing groups by Jonckheere-Terpstra test. The odds of healing (3 or 4 cortices bridged) were analyzed with Mantel-Haenszel relative risks (RR). Pain was assessed monthly by Numeric Rating Scale (NRS). The Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB; walk speed, chair stands, and balance) evaluated functional mobility.

resultsGroups were balanced with a mean age = 82, 93% were female, 98% had multiple rami fractures, 67% had sacral fracture, and 36% had ≥ 1 displaced fracture. CT images at 3 months showed no significant difference in bridging score distribution (indicator of healing) in patients with ABL vs. PBO (p = 0.15) after adjusting for age, sacral fracture, displacement, or compliance. When evaluating individual fractures (n = 81), similar bridging scores were seen with ABL and PBO (p = 0.13). When patients were stratified as healed or not healed, 39% were healed with ABL and 64% healed with PBO (RR 0.61; 95% CI 0.33, 1.12). When looking at the 81 individual fractures, 47% were healed with ABL and 53% healed with PBO (RR = 0.88; 95% CI 0.55, 1.40). Using least square means controlling for age, sacral, and displaced fracture, NRS pain score was higher in the placebo than the ABL group at baseline (p < 0.05), but there were no further group differences in change in pain score SPPB and TUG scores improved over time in both groups without group differences.

conclusionIn this small study, there was no significant difference in CT radiologic healing, physical performance, or change in pain with ABL vs. placebo in patients with acute pelvic fracture.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT04249232 registered January 27, 2020.

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AbaloparatideFracture healingPainPelvic fracturePhysical performancePlacebo

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