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Efficacy of continued alendronate for fractures in women with and without prevalent vertebral fracture: The FLEX trial

Schwartz, AV and Bauer, DC and Cummings, SR and Cauley, JA and Ensrud, KE and Palermo, L and Wallace, RB and Hochberg, MC and Feldstein, AC and Lombardi, A and Black, DM (2010) Efficacy of continued alendronate for fractures in women with and without prevalent vertebral fracture: The FLEX trial. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25 (5). 976 - 982. ISSN 0884-0431

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Abstract

In the Fracture Intervention Trial (FIT) Long Term Extension (FLEX) Trial, 10 years of alendronate (ALN) did not significantly reduce the risk of nonvertebral fractures (NVFs) compared with 5 years of ALN. Continuing ALN reduced the risk of clinical but not morphometric vertebral fractures regardless of baseline vertebral fracture status. In previous studies, ALN efficacy for NVF prevention in women without prevalent vertebral fracture was limited to those with femoral neck (FN) T-scores of -2.5 or less. To determine whether the effect of longterm ALN on fracture differs by vertebral fracture status and femoral neck (FN) T-score, we performed a post hoc analysis using FLEX data, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial among 1099 postmenopausal women originally randomized to ALN in the FIT with mean ALN use of 5 years. In the FLEX Trial, women were randomized to placebo (40%) or ALN 5 mg/day (30%) or ALN 10 mg/day (30%) for an additional 5 years. Among women without vertebral fracture at FLEX baseline (n=720), continuation of ALN reduced NVF in women with FLEX baseline FN T-scores of -2.5 or less [relative risk (RR)=0.50, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.26-0.96] but not with T-scores of greater than -2.5 and -2 or less (RR 0.79, 95% CI 0.37-1.66) or with T-scores of greater than -2 (RR 1.41, 95% CI 0.75-2.66; p for interaction =.019). Continuing ALN for 10 years instead of stopping after 5 years reduces NVF risk in women without prevalent vertebral fracture whose FN T-scores, achieved after 5 years of ALN, are -2.5 or less but does not reduce risk of NVF in women whose T-scores are greater than -2. © 2010 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Schwartz, AV
Bauer, DC
Cummings, SR
Cauley, JAJCauley@edc.pitt.eduJCAULEY
Ensrud, KE
Palermo, L
Wallace, RB
Hochberg, MC
Feldstein, AC
Lombardi, A
Black, DM
Date: 1 May 2010
Date Type: Publication
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
Volume: 25
Number: 5
Page Range: 976 - 982
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1002/jbmr.11
Schools and Programs: Graduate School of Public Health > Epidemiology
Refereed: Yes
ISSN: 0884-0431
Date Deposited: 05 Aug 2015 18:58
Last Modified: 04 Feb 2019 20:55
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/24121

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