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ba0001oc5.4 | Treatment of osteoporosis | ECTS2013

Effects of romosozumab administration on trabecular and cortical bone assessed with quantitative computed tomography and finite element analysis

Graeff C , Campbell G , Pena J , Padhi D , Grossman A , Chang S , Libanati C , Gluer C-C

Romosozumab is an investigational bone-forming agent that inhibits sclerostin. Recent data demonstrated that it stimulated bone formation, decreased bone resorption, and led to rapid and substantial increases in areal bone mineral density (BMD; McClung, J Bone Miner Res 27 (S1) S8–S9, 2012). In a Phase 1b, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multiple dose study, we studied the effects of romosozumab administered for 3 months and follow-...