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Bone Abstracts (2016) 5 P414 | DOI: 10.1530/boneabs.5.P414

ECTS2016 Poster Presentations Osteoporosis: treatment (40 abstracts)

Teriparatide reduces the risk of vertebral fractures compared with standard care in patients with severe osteoporosis

Philip Riches , Ismael Calero & Stuart Ralston


Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, Edinburgh, UK.


Objectives: Treatment outcomes in patients treated with teriparatide were compared to standard care in patients with severe osteoporosis (bone mineral density T score of −4 or less).

Methods: An observational study was performed of patients attending a specialist osteoporosis service and who were initiated on teriparatide (n=324). Patients that met criteria for teriparatide but declined treatment, were already established on a bisphosphonate or had a contraindication, formed the control group (n=148). An intention to treat analysis was performed including 35 patients that discontinued teriparatide treatment due to side effects, difficulty with treatment or death. The frequency of fracture after 3 years of follow-up were compared using χ2 test.

Results: Over the observation period patients receiving teriparatide were significantly less likely to suffer a vertebral fracture, though rates of non-vertebral fracture did not differ between the groups. Patients that received treatment with PTH were older and more likely to be female, though no difference in BMI was observed (Table 1).

Table 1 Characteristics of patients treated with teriparatide (PTH) or controls.
AgeFemale sexBMINew Vert #New Non Vert #
Control73±9.1130 (88%)23.379 (6%)16 (10%)
PTH cohort70±9.8305 (94%)23.247 (2%)31 (10%)
P<0.05<0.01ns<0.05ns

Conclusion: In patients with severe osteoporosis, and particularly those at risk of vertebral fracture, teriparatide may be the preferred treatment option.

Volume 5

43rd Annual European Calcified Tissue Society Congress

Rome, Italy
14 May 2016 - 17 May 2016

European Calcified Tissue Society 

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