Bone turnover markers in clinical practice

2002 ◽  
pp. 99-114
Author(s):  
Richard Eastell ◽  
Sheila Hart

2018 ◽  
Vol 178 (1) ◽  
pp. R19-R31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Eastell ◽  
Tom Pigott ◽  
Fatma Gossiel ◽  
Kim E Naylor ◽  
Jennifer S Walsh ◽  
...  

Bone turnover markers (BTMs) are useful in clinical practice as they are inexpensive, and they have proven useful for treatment monitoring and identification of poor adherence. BTMs cannot be used in individual patients for identifying accelerated bone loss or an increase in fracture risk or in deciding on the optimal therapy. They are useful for monitoring both anti-resorptive and anabolic treatment. Response can be defined as a result that exceeds an absolute target, or by a change greater than the least significant change; if such a response is not present, then poor compliance or secondary osteoporosis are likely causes. A baseline BTM measurement is not always made; in that case, a value of BTM on anti-resorptive treatment that is low or low normal or above the reference interval for anabolic therapy may be taken to indicate a satisfactory response. We provide an approach to using these bone turnover markers in clinical practice by describing algorithms for anti-resorptive and anabolic therapy and describing the changes we observe in the clinical practice setting.



2019 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 284-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephen A. Strugnell ◽  
Stuart M. Sprague ◽  
Akhtar Ashfaq ◽  
Martin Petkovich ◽  
Charles W. Bishop

Background: Vitamin D repletion is recommended for secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) and associated vitamin D insufficiency (VDI) in chronic kidney disease (CKD), but optimal levels of serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D remain undefined. Clinical practice guidelines target sufficiency, whereas recent data indicate that higher levels are required to control the elevation of intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) as CKD advances. This secondary analysis of 2 randomized controlled trials seeks to identify the minimum level of mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D required to control SHPT arising from VDI in stage 3 or 4 CKD. Methods: Adult subjects (n = 429) with SHPT, VDI, and stage 3 or 4 CKD were stratified by stage and treated daily with either extended-release calcifediol (ERC) or placebo in 2 identical, parallel, randomized, double-blind studies. After treatment for 26 weeks, all subjects were ranked by the level of serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D and divided into quintiles in order to examine the relationships between the degree of vitamin D repletion and the associated changes in plasma iPTH, serum bone turnover markers, calcium, phosphorus, intact fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and vitamin D metabolites, estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR), and urine calcium:creatinine (Ca:Cr) ratio. Results: Progressive increases in serum 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D and reductions in plasma iPTH and serum bone turnover markers were observed as mean posttreatment serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D rose from 13.9 ng/mL (in Quintile 1) to 92.5 ng/mL (in Quintile 5), irrespective of CKD stage. Mean serum calcium, phosphorus and FGF23, eGFR, and urine Ca:Cr ratio (collectively “safety parameters”) did not significantly change from Quintile 1. Suppression of iPTH and bone turnover markers was not observed until serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D rose to at least 50.8 ng/mL (Quintile 3). Conclusion: ERC therapy produced exposure-dependent reductions in plasma iPTH and bone turnover markers only when mean serum total 25-hydroxyvitamin D reached at least 50.8 ng/mL, indicating that current targets for vitamin D repletion therapy in CKD are too low. Gradual elevation of mean serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D to 92.5 ng/mL was not associated with significant adverse changes in safety parameters.



2009 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 843-851 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Civitelli ◽  
R. Armamento-Villareal ◽  
N. Napoli




2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Seong Hee Ahn ◽  
So Young Park ◽  
Jun-Il Yoo ◽  
Youn-Jee Chung ◽  
Yun Kyung Jeon ◽  
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2003 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-281
Author(s):  
J. E. Blümel ◽  
C. Castelo-Branco ◽  
G. De La Cuadra ◽  
L. Maciver ◽  
M. Moreno ◽  
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2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fratzl-Zelman Nadja ◽  
Nawrot-Wawrzyniak Kamilla ◽  
Misof Barbara ◽  
Panczyk-Tomaszewska Malgorzata ◽  
Ziolkowska Helena ◽  
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