Endocrine Abstracts

During the last years, bone turnover markers (BTMs) have gained importance as surrogate markers to monitor both anti-resorptive and anabolic treatment, and may be used in conjunction with bone mineral density (BMD) measurements in clinical practice. The two most widely utilized BTMs are pro-collagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (PINP), which reflects osteoblast activity, and C-terminal-cross-linking telopeptide of type 1 collagen (CTX), which corresponds to the osteoclastic fu...

In the ARCH study1, romosozumab was compared with an active comparator, alendronate. Unexpectedly, an imbalance in adjudicated serious cardiovascular AEs was observed during the first year of the study, triggering numerous discussions among experts and giving rise to hypotheses regarding the mechanism leading to such a difference. However, it should be noted that an even lower cardiovascular risk in high-dose romosozumab treatment as compared to placebo was reported...

Background: Patients with hypoparathyroidism experience significant physical and cognitive symptoms and reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Conventional therapy for hypoparathyroidism does not fully alleviate diminished HRQoL. The Hypoparathyroidism Patient Experience Scales (HPES) were developed to assess disease-specific physical and cognitive symptoms as well as the impact of hypoparathyroidsm on HRQol. TransCon PTH, an investigational long-acting prodrug of par...

Background: Individuals with hypoparathyroidism often experience a range of symptoms associated with reduced health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and work productivity. Conventional therapy aims to alleviate hypocalcemia and acute symptoms but fails to restore normal parathyroid hormone (PTH) physiology or improve HRQoL. In the PaTHway trial, 79% of participants treated with TransCon PTH vs. 5% placebo (P<0.0001) met the primary efficacy endpoint (normal serum c...

Hypoparathyroidism is an endocrine disease caused by insufficient levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH). Individuals with chronic hypoparathyroidism managed with conventional therapy (active vitamin D and calcium) are at increased risk for renal complications and declines in renal function. In clinical trials, palopegteriparatide treatment enabled independence from conventional therapy (no active vitamin D and ≤600 mg/day elemental calcium) and maintained serum biochemistr...