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Interventions to prevent and treat corticosteroid‐induced osteoporosis and prevent osteoporotic fractures in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

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Title
Interventions to prevent and treat corticosteroid‐induced osteoporosis and prevent osteoporotic fractures in Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Published in
Cochrane database of systematic reviews, January 2017
DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd010899.pub2
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Jennifer M Bell, Michael D Shields, Janet Watters, Alistair Hamilton, Timothy Beringer, Mark Elliott, Rosaline Quinlivan, Sandya Tirupathi, Bronagh Blackwood

Abstract

Corticosteroid treatment is considered the 'gold standard' for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD); however, it is also known to induce osteoporosis and thus increase the risk of vertebral fragility fractures. Good practice in the care of those with DMD requires prevention of these adverse effects. Treatments to increase bone mineral density include bisphosphonates and vitamin D and calcium supplements, and in adolescents with pubertal delay, testosterone. Bone health management is an important part of lifelong care for patients with DMD. To assess the effects of interventions to prevent or treat osteoporosis in children and adults with DMD taking long-term corticosteroids; to assess the effects of these interventions on the frequency of vertebral fragility fractures and long-bone fractures, and on quality of life; and to assess adverse events. On 12 September 2016, we searched the Cochrane Neuromuscular Specialised Register, CENTRAL, MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL Plus to identify potentially eligible trials. We also searched the Web of Science ISI Proceedings (2001 to September 2016) and three clinical trials registries to identify unpublished studies and ongoing trials. We contacted correspondence authors of the included studies in the review to obtain information on unpublished studies or work in progress. We considered for inclusion in the review randomised controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs involving any bone health intervention for corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis and fragility fractures in children, adolescents, and adults with a confirmed diagnosis of DMD. The interventions might have included oral and intravenous bisphosphonates, vitamin D supplements, calcium supplements, dietary calcium, testosterone, and weight-bearing activity. Two review authors independently assessed reports and selected potential studies for inclusion, following standard Cochrane methodology. We contacted study authors to obtain further information for clarification on published work, unpublished studies, and work in progress. We identified 18 potential studies, of which two, currently reported only as abstracts, met the inclusion criteria for this review. Too little information was available for us to present full results or adequately assess risk of bias. The participants were children aged five to 15 years with DMD, ambulant and non-ambulant. The interventions were risedronate versus no treatment in one trial (13 participants) and whole-body vibration versus a placebo device in the second (21 participants). Both studies reported improved bone mineral density with the active treatments, with no improvement in the control groups, but the abstracts did not compare treatment and control conditions. All children tolerated whole-body vibration treatment. No study provided information on adverse events. Two studies are ongoing: one investigating whole-body vibration, the other investigating zoledronic acid. We know of no high-quality evidence from RCTs to guide use of treatments to prevent or treat corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis and reduce the risk of fragility fractures in children and adults with DMD; only limited results from two trials reported in abstracts were available. We await formal trial reports. Findings from two ongoing relevant studies and two trials, for which only abstracts are available, will be important in future updates of this review.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 468 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 71 15%
Student > Bachelor 58 12%
Student > Ph. D. Student 47 10%
Researcher 29 6%
Other 26 6%
Other 78 17%
Unknown 159 34%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 127 27%
Nursing and Health Professions 67 14%
Psychology 11 2%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 11 2%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 2%
Other 51 11%
Unknown 191 41%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 7. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 09 March 2021.
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#5,363,866
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Outputs from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#7,378
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#100,296
of 423,088 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Cochrane database of systematic reviews
#177
of 245 outputs
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