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Endocrine Abstracts (2017) 49 EP291 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.49.EP291

ECE2017 Eposter Presentations: Calcium and Bone Calcium & Vitamin D metabolism (65 abstracts)

Chronic hypoparathyroidism disease profile from 492 patients in the PARADIGHM™ natural history global registry

Bart L Clarke 1 , Steven Ing 2 , Aliya Khan 3 , Michael Mannstadt 4 , Michael McDermott 5 , Rebecca Piccolo 6 , Michael H. Shanik 7 , Tamara J Vokes 8 & John Germak 9


1Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA; 2Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA; 3McMaster University, Ontario, Canada; 4Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA; 5University of Colorado Hospital, Aurora, CO, USA; 6Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc., Lexington, MA, USA; 7Endocrine Associates of Long Island, PC, Smithtown, NY, USA; 8University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA; 9Shire International GmbH, Zug, Switzerland.


PARADIGHM is a global registry (NCT01922440) of patients diagnosed with hypoparathyroidism (HPT) ≥6 months regardless of aetiology and management. Routine medical care data were entered using electronic case report forms; the 36-item Short Form Health Survey was completed by patients. Baseline-recorded data are reported for 492 patients enrolled as of 1 December 2016 from 41 centres. At baseline, 78% were women, mean (S.D.) age was 49 (17) years, and mean (S.D.) BMI was 29.8 (8.6) kg/m2. Medical histories included mood disorder (29%), arthritis (16%), kidney stones (11%), fractures (8%), chronic renal disease (6%), and hypercalciuria (3%). 93% of patients had baseline symptom data (for the previous 6 months), all reported ≥1 symptom; the most common were fatigue (40%), paraesthesia (30%), muscle twitching (24%), anxiety (20%), brain fog (17%), muscle weakness (17%), back pain (16%), and headache (16%). HPT management included oral calcium in 91% (calcium carbonate, 59%) and active vitamin D in 84% (calcitriol, 94%) of patients; 7% received recombinant PTH (1–84) in a clinical trial. 62% were taking ≥1 concomitant medication (45% thyroid hormone, 4% hydrochlorothiazide, 1% psycholeptics, <1% magnesium supplements). Key laboratory mean (S.D.) values were PTH 1.5 (1.5) pmol/l, albumin-corrected total serum calcium 2.1 (0.3) mmol/l, phosphate 1.4 (0.3) mmol/l, magnesium 0.8 (0.1) mmol/l, and 24-hour urinary calcium 7.2 (4.6) mmol/day. Among 330 patients who had imaging, calcifications were reported in 40 patients (12%): kidney (n=12), brain (n=9), cardiovascular (n=7), and other sites (n=12). In the previous 12 months, 47% of patients had 2−3 doctor visits and 49% had ≥1 emergency room visit owing to HPT. Mean (S.D., range) SF-36v2 summary scores for physical and mental components were 45.6 (10.7; 11.2−64.2) and 48.4 (11.0; 11.9−70.3). These real-world data for 492 patients enrolled in the PARADIGHM registry provide valuable insight into disease variability, symptom burden, and HPT treatment approach.

Volume 49

19th European Congress of Endocrinology

Lisbon, Portugal
20 May 2017 - 23 May 2017

European Society of Endocrinology 

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