https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2020.1267

Different fracture risk profile in patients treated with anti-osteoporotic drugs in real-life

Vol. 72 No. 2 (2020)
Submitted: 3 December 2019
Accepted: 15 April 2020
Published: 23 July 2020
Risk of fracture, anti-osteoporotic medications
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Authors

G. Adami
adami.g@yahoo.com
Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
A. Giollo
Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
M. Rossini
Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
G. Orsolini
Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
C. Benini
Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
O. Viapiana
Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
D. Gatti
Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.
A. Fassio
Rheumatology Unit, University of Verona, Policlinico Borgo Roma, Verona, Italy.

In this retrospective study, we intended to investigate the baseline fracture risk profile in patients who started treatment with different anti-osteoporotic medications. We analyzed retrospectively the fracture risk calculated with DeFRA, a validated FRAX derived tool, in women who started an anti-osteoporotic treatment from 2010 to 2017. We analyzed baseline data of 12,024 post-menopausal women aged over 50 years. Teriparatide initiators had a baseline 10-year risk of major osteoporotic fracture of 82.1% with a Standard Deviation (SD) of 66.5%. Denosumab initiators and zoledronic acid initiators had a greater 10-year baseline risk of fracture (54.3%, SD 46.5% and 47.0%, SD 42.0 respectively) than patients initiated on alendronate (24.9%, SD 34.6%) and patients initiated on risedronate (23.9%, SD 24.1%). Using DeFRA, a FRAX™ derived tool, we showed significantly different fracture risk profiles in women who were started on various therapeutic agents for the treatment of osteoporosis in routine clinical practice.

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Adami, G., Giollo, A., Rossini, M., Orsolini, G., Benini, C., Viapiana, O., Gatti, D., & Fassio, A. (2020). Different fracture risk profile in patients treated with anti-osteoporotic drugs in real-life. Reumatismo, 72(2), 71–74. https://doi.org/10.4081/reumatismo.2020.1267

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