Treatment adherence and QoL with intermittent PTH therapy: Results from a multicentre Italian study after 6 months

Improvement of quality of life during treatment with anabolic therapy: Results of a multicenter study

Efficacy and safety of daily treatment with parathyroid hormone were evaluated in a typical Italian population with severe post-menopausal osteoporosis eligible to anabolic treatment (Nota 79 AIFA). Materials and methods: 204 ambulatory female patients (median age: 72.6±8.3 years; height: 155.3±6.5 cm; weight: 61.1±11.9 Kg) with severe post-menopausal osteoporosis have been enrolled in this study accordingly to summary of product characteristics and Italian reimbursement criteria for osteoporosis drugs (Nota 79 AIFA), between January 2008 and April 2009 (Last Patient Out: October 2010). 146 (71.57%) out of these patients completed the study.6 visits were planned in the study protocol: basel…