title: Rapid, divergent changes in spinal and forearm bone density following short-term intravenous treatment of Paget's disease with pamidronate disodium.
abstract: Intravenous disodium 3-amino-1-hydroxypropylidene-1,1-bisphosphonate pentahydrate (pamidronate disodium) was used to treat 39 patients (22 males and 17 females, age range 48-85 years) with symptomatic Paget's disease. Patients were stratified into three groups based on the biochemical severity of the disease as assessed by fasting urinary hydroxyproline excretion (HypE, mumol/liter GF, glomerular filtrate): group I (n = 23), HypE < 5.0, treated with 120 mg total dose over 2 or 4 days; group II (n = 6), 5.0 < or = HypE < or = 10.0, 180 mg over 3 or 6 days; and group III (n = 10), HypE > 10.0, 240 mg over 4 or 8 days. Bone mineral density (BMD) was measured before and 3 and 6 months following treatment in the spine (L1-4) using dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry and in the forearm at an ultradistal and a shaft site using single-photon absorptiometry. When groups I-III were combined, nonpagetic and pagetic lumbar spinal BMD had both risen significantly at 3 months compared with the pretreatment values (p < 0.001). In each group, lumbar spinal BMD in pagetic vertebrae rose markedly by 3 months, with no further significant change at 6 months. The percentage rises in the three groups were not different from each other at 3 or 6 months. Nonpagetic lumbar spinal BMD followed a similar and significant trend but with a significantly smaller rise than for pagetic bone. (For the combined groups, nonpagetic BMD rose 5.1 +/- 1.1% SEM, above pretreatment at 6 months; pagetic BMD rose 17.8 +/- 1.6%: significance of comparison = p < 0.0001).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Nedlands, Western Australia.
authors.forename: R I
authors.initials: RI
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Gutteridge
authors.forename: B G
authors.initials: BG
authors.lastname: Stuckey
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Kent
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Retallack
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Prince
authors.forename: C I
authors.initials: CI
authors.lastname: Bhagat
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Johnston
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Nicholson
authors.forename: G O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D015502:Absorptiometry, Photon; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects*; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D005260:Female; D005542:Forearm; D006801:Humans; D006909:Hydroxyproline / Q000652:urine; D007275:Injections, Intravenous; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae / Q000187:drug effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010001:Osteitis Deformans / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000077268:Pamidronate; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D004164:Diphosphonates; D010281:Parathyroid Hormone; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D000077268:Pamidronate; D006909:Hydroxyproline