Table 1.
Baseline (8/2013) | 3 days after 1st denosumab (10/2013) | 5 days before 2nd denosumab (4/2014) | 1 day before 3rd denosumab (12/2014) | 1 day before 4th denosumab (7/2015) | 5 days after 5th denosumab (10/2015) | Last follow-up (3/2016) | |
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Calcium (mg/dL) (8,9–10,1) | 9.2 | 8.4 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.0 | 9.2 |
Phosphorous (mg/dL) (2,4-4,1) | 3.1 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 |
PTH (pg/mL) (10–55) | 29 | 33 | 28 | 31 | 25 | 64 | 19 |
25OHD (ng/mL) (>30) | 34.6 | 31.4 | 40.0 | 30.5 | 31.4 | 32.1 | 24 |
CTX (pg/mL) (100–670) | 225 | 63 | 220 | 189 | 277 | 33 | 416 |
BSAP (UI/L) (6–23) | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
P1NP (ng/mL) (19,3–76,3) | 20,5 | 21.1 | / | 16.0 | 20.0 | 11.2 | 34.3 |
RANKL (pmol/L) (0,022–0.282)* | 0.451 | 0.008 | / | 0.292 | 0.269 | 0.008 | 0.328 |
OPG (pmol/L) (4,850–6,840)* | 1.244 | 1.021 | / | 1.411 | 1.539 | 1.422 | 1.092 |
RANKL/OPG ratio (0,004–0,041) | 0.362 | 0.007 | / | 0.206 | 0.174 | 0.005 | 0.300 |
PTH= Parathyroid hormone, 25OHD= 25 hydroxy Vitamin D, CTX= C-Telopeptide of type I collagen, BSAP= Bone specific alkaline phosphatase, P1NP= Procollagen I intact N-terminal peptide, RANKL= Receptor activator of nuclear factor Kappa-B ligand, OPG= Osteoprotegerin; Normal range values are in parenthesis.
Normal range was established by measuring serum RANKL and OPG in ten age-matched female normal volunteers.