title: Long-term low-dose calcitriol treatment in predialysis chronic renal failure: can it prevent hyperparathyroid bone disease?
abstract: In an uncontrolled open study 13 patients with moderate to preterminal renal failure were treated with low doses (average 0.36 micrograms/day) of calcitriol up to the time of renal transplantation, which was performed before dialysis had been initiated. A transiliac bone biopsy was obtained both at the start and at the end of the treatment period, the latter coinciding with renal transplantation. All patients who started calcitriol treatment at a creatinine clearance (Ccr) above 30 ml/min had normal bone histology at the time of transplantation, but this was not observed when calcitriol treatment was started at Ccr below 30 ml/min. The study suggests that full benefit of calcitriol at the bone level is obtained only if prophylactic administration is started early in the course of renal failure.
authors.affiliation: Medical Department B, National Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Nordal
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dahl
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Halse
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Attramadal
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Flatmark
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D002117:Calcitriol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006962:Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications*; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood; D006435:Renal Dialysis
chemical_list: D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D002117:Calcitriol