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. 2020 Apr 26;31(6):1025–1048. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05384-2

Table 4.

BCT monitoring studies (13 total) for drug or other treatments. Non-opportunistic BCT was performed at the hip (H) or spine (S) or at both sites. N = 1644 subjects total, over all studies. Details of the studies in italicized entries are discussed in Appendix D

Study Age (years)
mean ± SD
Number Hip or spine assessed Treatment
Keaveny 2007 [82] 62.5 ± 1.6 25 S Alendronate
64.5 ± 1.4 28 S Teriparatide
Mawatari 2008 [83] 62.7 ± 2.2 15 S Control (non-antiresorptive)
60.4 ± 2.9 14 S Alendronate
Keaveny 2008 [84] 55–85 72 H PTH(1–84)
55–85 42 H Alendronate
55–85 37 H PTH(1–84) and alendronate
Lewiecki 2009 [85] 63.5 ± 6.0 46 H + S Placebo
64.8 ± 7.2 47 H + S Ibandronate
Keaveny 2012 [86] 64.2 ± 7.7 27 H Teriparatide
62.2 ± 8.4 21 H Alendronate
Brixen 2013[87] 64.0 ± 6.2 105 H + S Placebo
63.9 ± 7.3 109 H + S Odanacatib
Cosman 2013 [88] 67.9 ± 1.3 43 H + S Raloxifene, add teriparatide
68.6 ± 1.3 44 H + S Raloxifene, switch to teriparatide
67.1 ± 1.3 46 H + S Alendronate, add teriparatide
69.3 ± 1.2 49 H + S Alendronate, switch to teriparatide
Keaveny 2014 [31] 74.1 ± 6.0 48 H + S Placebo
73.3 ± 4.2 51 H + S Denosumab
Kleerekoper 2014 [89] 62 ± 8 34 H + S Teriparatide
Snyder 2017[90] 72.4 ± 5.5 101 H + S Placebo
72.3 ± 6.3 110 H + S Testosterone
Keaveny 2017 [91] 64.3 ± 4.7 24 H + S Romosozumab
65.8 ± 5.7 31 H + S Teriparatide
66.1 ± 5.8 27 H + S Placebo
Langdahl 2017[92] 71.8 ± 7.4 218 H Romosozumab (prior bisphosphonate)
71.2 ± 7.7 218 H Teriparatide (prior bisphosphonate)
Howe 2019 [93] 56–89 12 H AGN1 LOEP

VirtuOst or a related software implementation of BCT was used in all studies

Women in all studies except Snyder [90], in which only men were assessed