Osteoporosis, bone & mineral

The relationship between treatment-related changes in total hip BMD measured after 12, 18, and 24 mo and fracture risk reduction in osteoporosis clinical trials: the FNIH-ASBMR-SABRE project

J Bone Miner ResPublished Meta-regression of individual patient data from randomised controlled trials

Authors' conclusion

These findings demonstrate that treatment-related THBMD changes at 12, 18, and 24 mo are associated with fracture risk reductions across trials.

Study context

Population
Participants in randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials of osteoporosis medications (FNIH-ASBMR-SABRE project)
Participants
122,235 participants22 RCTs
Comparison
Treatment-related total hip BMD change (active−placebo) at 12, 18 and 24 mo vs fracture risk reduction
Outcome
Study-level association (r2) between treatment-related differences in total hip BMD change and fracture risk reduction
Follow-up
BMD change at 12, 18 and 24 mo
Methodological details22 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials, study-level meta-regression, Logistic regression for radiologic vertebral fractures; Cox regression for hip, non-vertebral, all and all clinical fractures
  • 22 randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trials
  • Study-level meta-regression
  • Logistic regression for radiologic vertebral fractures; Cox regression for hip, non-vertebral, all and all clinical fractures

Pooled result

As reported in the abstract

Association (r2, 95% CI) between total hip BMD change and fracture risk reduction · 12, 18 and 24 mo BMD changes
Vertebral fractures, 12 mo
r2 0.59 (0.19, 0.75)
Vertebral fractures, 18 mo
r2 0.69 (0.32, 0.82)
Vertebral fractures, 24 mo
r2 0.73 (0.33, 0.84)
Hip fractures, 12 mo
r2 0.27 (0.00, 0.54)
Hip fractures, 18 mo
r2 0.39 (0.02, 0.63)
Hip fractures, 24 mo
r2 0.41 (0.02, 0.65)
Non-vertebral fractures, 12 mo
r2 0.27 (0.01, 0.52)
Non-vertebral fractures, 18 mo
r2 0.49 (0.10, 0.69)
Non-vertebral fractures, 24 mo
r2 0.53 (0.11, 0.72)
All fractures, 12 mo
r2 0.44 (0.10, 0.64)
All fractures, 18 mo
r2 0.63 (0.24, 0.77)
All fractures, 24 mo
r2 0.66 (0.25, 0.80)
All clinical fractures, 12 mo
r2 0.46 (0.11, 0.65)
All clinical fractures, 18 mo
r2 0.64 (0.26, 0.78)
All clinical fractures, 24 mo
r2 0.71 (0.32, 0.83)

Original publication

The relationship between treatment-related changes in total hip BMD measured after 12, 18, and 24 mo and fracture risk reduction in osteoporosis clinical trials: the FNIH-ASBMR-SABRE project. J Bone Miner Res. Published 4 August 2024. doi:10.1093/jbmr/zjae126

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