Osteoporosis drug effects on cortical and trabecular bone microstructure: a review of HR-pQCT analyses
- 31 August 2016
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Portico in BoneKEy Reports
- Vol. 5, 836
- https://doi.org/10.1038/bonekey.2016.59
Abstract
With the development of new non-invasive analytical techniques and particularly the advent of high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HRpQCT) it is possible to assess cortical and trabecular bone changes under the effects of ageing, diseases and treatments. In the present study, we reviewed the treatment-related effects on bone parameters assessed by HRpQCT imaging. We identified 12 full-length articles published in peer-reviewed journals describing treatment-induced changes assessed by HRpQCT. The design of these studies varied a lot in terms of duration and methodology: some of them were open-labelled, others were double-blind, placebo-controlled or double-blind, double-dummy, active controlled. In addition, the sample size in these studies ranged from 11 to 324 patients. Motion artifacts occurring during data acquisition were sometimes a real challenge particularly at the radius leading sometimes to exclude the analysis at the radius due to the uninterpretability of microstructural parameters. Responses to therapies were treatment-specific and divergent effects in cortical and trabecular bone with antiresorptive or anabolic agents were observed. Standardization of bone microarchitecture parameters (including porosity) and bone strength estimates by finite element analysis (FEA) are mandatory. The additional value of microarchitecture and FEA estimates changes with therapies in terms of improvement in fracture outcomes which have to be adequately assessed in clinical trials with fracture end point. Data from these reviewed studies advance our understanding of the microstructural consequences of osteoporosis and highlight potential differences in bone quality outcomes within therapies.Keywords
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