Faculty, Staff and Student Publications
Language
English
Publication Date
11-1-2023
Journal
Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology
DOI
10.2215/CJN.0000000000000254
PMID
37574661
PMCID
PMC10637456
PubMedCentral® Posted Date
8-14-2023
PubMedCentral® Full Text Version
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Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Secondary hyperparathyroidism is associated with osteoporosis and fractures. Etelcalcetide is an intravenous calcimimetic for the control of hyperparathyroidism in patients on hemodialysis. Effects of etelcalcetide on the skeleton are unknown.
METHODS: In a single-arm, open-label, 36-week prospective trial, we hypothesized that etelcalcetide improves bone quality and strength without damaging bone-tissue quality. Participants were 18 years or older, on hemodialysis ≥1 year, without calcimimetic exposure within 12 weeks of enrollment. We measured pretreatment and post-treatment areal bone mineral density by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, central skeleton trabecular microarchitecture by trabecular bone score, and peripheral skeleton volumetric bone density, geometry, microarchitecture, and estimated strength by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography. Bone-tissue quality was assessed using quadruple-label bone biopsy in a subset of patients. Paired t tests were used in our analysis.
RESULTS: Twenty-two participants were enrolled; 13 completed follow-up (mean±SD age 51±14 years, 53% male, and 15% White). Five underwent bone biopsy (mean±SD age 52±16 years and 80% female). Over 36 weeks, parathyroid hormone levels declined 67%±9% ( P < 0.001); areal bone mineral density at the spine, femoral neck, and total hip increased 3%±1%, 7%±2%, and 3%±1%, respectively ( P < 0.05); spine trabecular bone score increased 10%±2% ( P < 0.001); and radius stiffness and failure load trended to a 7%±4% ( P = 0.05) and 6%±4% increase ( P = 0.06), respectively. Bone biopsy demonstrated a decreased bone formation rate (mean difference -25±4 µ m 3 / µ m 2 per year; P < 0.01).
CONCLUSIONS: Treatment with etelcalcetide for 36 weeks was associated with improvements in central skeleton areal bone mineral density and trabecular quality and lowered bone turnover without affecting bone material properties.
CLINICAL TRIAL REGISTRY NAME AND REGISTRATION NUMBER: The Effect of Etelcalcetide on CKD-MBD (Parsabiv-MBD), NCT03960437.
Keywords
Humans, Male, Female, Adult, Middle Aged, Aged, Prospective Studies, Peptides, Bone and Bones, Bone Density, Absorptiometry, Photon, hyperparathyroidism; mineral metabolism; bones, stones, and mineral metabolism
Published Open-Access
yes
Recommended Citation
Khairallah, Pascale; Cherasard, Jenna; Sung, Joshua; et al., "Changes in Bone Quality after Treatment with Etelcalcetide" (2023). Faculty, Staff and Student Publications. 145.
https://digitalcommons.library.tmc.edu/uthdb_docs/145
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