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ba0005p390 | Osteoporosis: treatment | ECTS2016

Denosumab therapy results in a high frequency of responders by bone mineral density in both treatment-naïve patients and patients switching therapies

Almohaya Mohammed , Liu Angela , Kendler David

Clinical trials suggest that denosumab (DEN) therapy results in greater increases in bone mineral density (BMD) in treatment-naive patients than in patients switched from bisphosphonates.We retrospectively reviewed charts of all patients treated with DEN at an osteoporosis referral centre in Vancouver, Canada including all patients treated with DEN 60 mg SC every 6 months for 1 year or more, and in whom baseline and follow-up BMDs were available. BMD was...