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. 2022 Jun 24;35:100442. doi: 10.1016/j.jbo.2022.100442

Table 3.

Bone turnover markers.

Capecitabine + Ra223
n = 23
Capecitabine
N = 11
NTX
Median baseline NTX BCE/mmolCr (range) 16 (7–35) 17 (7–143)
Baseline NTX ≥ 50 BCE/mmolCr 0/21 (0%) 2/11 (18%)
Median % change from baseline at end of cycle 5, range +16% (14 available),
(-66%, 67%)
−6% (7 available),
(-29%, 147%)
NTX responder 3/16 (19%) 2/8 (25%)



CTX
Median baseline CTX (range) ng/ml 0.08 (0.05–0.19) 0.10 (0.05–0.58)
Baseline CTX ≥ 0.15 ng/ml 2/22 (9%) 2/11 (18%)
Median % change from baseline at end of cycle 5, range −2% (15 available),
(-27%, 521%)
−7% (9 available),
(-39%, 20%)
CTX responder 0/18 1/10 (10%)



PINP
Median baseline PINP ng/ml (range) 48 (8–149) 109 (26 – 356)
PINP ≥ 60 ng/ml 9/22 (41%) 8/11 (73%)
Median % change from baseline at end of cycle 5, range −9% (15 available),
(-93%, 118%)
−39% (9 available), (-75%, 171%)
PINP responder 7/18 (39%) 6/10 (60%)



B-ALP
Median baseline B-ALP ng/ml (range) 17.2 (7.2 – 39.4) 28.6 (12.5 – 63.5)
B-ALP ≥ 25 ng/ml 3/22 (14%) 5/9 (56%)
Median % change from baseline at end of cycle 5, range −5% (15 available),
(−72%, 108%)
+5% (6 available),
(-68%, 78%)
B-ALP responder 4/18 (22%) 2/7 (29%)