Changes of bone mineral density and serum pentosidine during a 27-month follow-up of monthly minodronate in osteoporotic patients.
OBJECTIVE
Monthly regimen of minodronate for osteoporosis more than two years has not been reported yet. The aim of this study is to elucidate the effect of monthly minodronate (M-MIN) on bone mineral density (BMD) and serum pentosidine (Pen) during 27 months.


METHODS
The study consisted of 52 newly treated patients (73.3 ± 8.8 years) (new group) and 47 patients (75.9 ± 9.5 years) who were switched from either alendronate or risedronate (switch group). Monthly minodronate (50 mg/every 4 weeks) was administered for 27 months. Lumbar, femoral neck, and total hip BMDs and serum pentosidine were monitored at baseline and after 9, 18, and 27 months of treatment.


RESULTS
In the new condition, lumbar, neck, and total hip BMDs increased significantly by 9.07%, 3.15%, and 3.06%, respectively. Only the lumbar BMD significantly increased in the switch condition. Serum Pen increased in both groups in a time-dependent manner. In the group switch, multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that the initial change in serum intact procollagen type I N-terminal propeptide (P1NP) at 9 months was an independent predictor of changes in neck and total hip BMDs at 27 months (OR = 1.039, 95% CI 1.003-1.077, p = 0.032 for neck and OR = 1.055, 95% CI 1.009-1.104, p = 0.020 for total hip).


CONCLUSIONS
Monthly minodronate treatment increased BMDs in newly treated patients over 27 months. Serum Pen increased with M-MIN therapy, possibly indicating prolonged bone turnover. The initial 9-month changes in serum P1NP predicted the 27-month changes in hip BMDs when M-MIN replaced alendronate or risedronate.
a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Enshu Hospital , Hamamatsu , Japan.
Tsuyoshi
T
Ohishi
a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Enshu Hospital , Hamamatsu , Japan.
Tomotada
T
Fujita
a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Enshu Hospital , Hamamatsu , Japan.
Daisuke
D
Suzuki
a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Enshu Hospital , Hamamatsu , Japan.
Tatsuya
T
Nishida
b Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Shintoshi Hospital , Iwata , Japan.
Kazufumi
K
Yamamoto
c Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Iwata Municipal Hospital , Iwata , Japan.
Ryo
R
Okabayashi
d Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Fujinomiya City Hospital , Fujinomiya , Japan.
Hiroki
H
Ushirozako
e Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Hamamatsu University School of Medicine , Hamamatsu , Japan.
Tomohiro
T
Banno
e Department of Orthopaedic Surgery , Hamamatsu University School of Medicine , Hamamatsu , Japan.
Yukihiro
Y
Matsuyama
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D015519:Bone Density / Q000187:drug effects*; D004164:Diphosphonates / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007093:Imidazoles / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008239:Lysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000097:blood; D008875:Middle Aged; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care
D004164:Diphosphonates; D007093:Imidazoles; C087958:YM 529; D001120:Arginine; C062187:pentosidine; D008239:Lysine
Bisphosphonate; bone mineral density; minodronate; osteoporosis; pentosidine