title: Comprehensive therapy in osteoporosis using a single drug: from ADFR to strontium ranelate.
abstract: In vitro, strontium ranelate increases collagen and non-collagenic proteins synthesis by mature osteoblast enriched cells. The effects of strontium ranelate on bone formation were confirmed as the drug enhanced preosteoblastic cell replication. In the isolated rat osteoclast, a preincubation of bone slices with strontium ranelate induced a dose-dependent inhibition of the bone resorbing activity of treated rat osteoclast. Strontium ranelate dose-dependently inhibited preosteoclast differentiation. In a phase II dose ranging trial Strontium ranelate (500 mg, 1000 mg, 2000 mg/day) or placebo were given to 353 postmenopausal women with prevalent vertebral osteoporosis. At the conclusion of this 2-year study, the annual increase in lumbar BMD of the group receiving 2000 mg of strontium ranelate was + 7.3%, a significant increase in bone alkaline phosphatase, over a 6-month period and a significant decrease in N-telopeptide crosslinks throughout the 2-year period were seen. During the second year of treatment, the dose of 2000 mg was associated with a 44% reduction in the number of patients experiencing a new vertebral deformity. The primary analysis of the SOTI study, evaluating the effect of strontium ranelate 2000 mg on vertebral fracture rates, revealed a 41% reduction in the relative risk of patient experiencing a first new vertebral fracture with strontium ranelate throughout the 3-year study. The TROPOS study showed a significant reduction in the risk of experiencing a first non-vertebral fracture by 16% in the group treated with strontium ranelate throughout the 3-year study. A reduction in the risk of experiencing a hip fracture by 36% was also demonstrated in the patients at high risk of hip fracture (age > or =74 years and Femoral Neck T score < or = -2.4 according to NHANES normative value). All these results suggest that strontium ranelate is a new, effective and safe treatment of vertebral and non-vertebral osteoporosis, with a unique mode of action.
authors.affiliation: WHO Collaborating Center for Public Health Aspects of Rheumatic Diseases, Liège, Belgium.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manette
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Collette
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sarlet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tancredi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zegels
authors.forename: J-Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Reginster
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001842:Bone and Bones / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009942:Organometallic Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000188:drug therapy*; D015663:Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal / Q000188:drug therapy; D013876:Thiophenes / Q000493:pharmacokinetics / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D013876:Thiophenes; C081587:strontium ranelate