Increase in Bone Mass After Correction of Vitamin D Insufficiency in Bisphosphonate-Treated Patients |
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| Institution: | 1. From the Burns and Allen Research Institute and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California.;1. From the National Clinical Research Center for Metabolic Diseases, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Metabolic Bone Diseases, and Department of Metabolism and Endocrinology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Hunan, China;2. the Department of Endocrinology, Key Laboratory of Endocrinology, Ministry of Health, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, National Commission of Health, Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing, China;3. the Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey;4. the Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, Beijing, China. |
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| Abstract: | ObjectiveTo assess the relative contribution of vitamin D insufficiency to loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in patients taking bisphosphonates.MethodsPatients were eligible for inclusion if they had osteoporosis or osteopenia and demonstrated a decline in BMD during the preceding year while taking stable doses of alendronate or risedronate, plus supplemental calcium and vitamin D. Patients with previously known secondary causes of osteoporosis were excluded from the study. Eligible patients underwent prospective measurement of bilateral hip and lumbar spine BMD by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D, intact parathyroid hormone, osteocalcin, and thyroid-stimulating hormone (thyrotropin), and urinary calcium:creatinine ratio.ResultsAnnual BMD was assessed in 175 previously bisphosphonate-responsive patients with low BMD. Of the 175 patients, 136 (78%) had either a significant interval increase or no change in BMD, whereas 39 (22%) had a significant decrease. Of the 39 patients who lost BMD, 20 (51%) had vitamin D insufficiency (25-OHD < 30 ng/mL). After a single course of orally administered vitamin D2 (500,000 IU during a 5-week period), the 25-OHD level returned to normal in 17 of the 20 vitamin D-insufficient patients and was associated with significant (P < .02) 3.0% and 2.7% increases in BMD at the lumbar spine and the femoral neck, respectively. Failure to normalize the serum 25-OHD level was associated with further loss of BMD.ConclusionVitamin D insufficiency was the most frequently identified cause of bone loss in patients with declining BMD during bisphosphonate therapy. Correction of vitamin D insufficiency in these patients led to a significant rebound in BMD. (Endocr Pract. 2008; 14:293-297) |
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