Safety and Efficacy of 5 Years of Treatment with Recombinant Human Parathyroid Hormone in Adults with Hypoparathyroidism

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Context: Conventional hypoparathyroidism treatment with oral calcium and active vitamin D is aimed at correcting hypocalcemia but does not address other physiologic defects caused by PTH deficiency. Objective: To evaluate long-term safety and tolerability of recombinant human PTH (1-84) [rhPTH(1-84)]. Design: Open-label extension study; 5-year interim analysis. Setting: 12 US centers. Patients: Adults (N = 49) with chronic hypoparathyroidism. Intervention(s): rhPTH(1-84) 25 or 50 μg/d initially, with 25-μg adjustments permitted to a 100 μg/d maximum. Main Outcome Measure(s): Safety parameters; composite efficacy outcome was the proportion of patients with ≥50% reduction in oral calcium (or ≤500 mg/d) and calcitriol (or ≤0.25 μg/d) doses, and albumin-corrected serum calcium normalized or maintained compared with baseline, not exceeding upper limit of normal. Results: Forty patients completed 60 months of treatment. Mean albumin-corrected serum calcium levels remained between 8.2 and 8.7 mg/dL. Between baseline and month 60, levels ± SD of urinary calcium, serum phosphorus, and calcium-phosphorus product decreased by 101.2 ± 236.24 mg/24 hours, 1.0 ± 0.78 mg/dL, and 8.5 ± 8.29 mg2/dL2, respectively. Serum creatinine level and estimated glomerular filtration rate were unchanged. Treatment-emergent adverse events (AEs) were reported in 48 patients (98.0%; hypocalcemia, 36.7%; muscle spasms, 32.7%; paresthesia, 30.6%; sinusitis, 30.6%; nausea, 30.6%) and serious AEs in 13 (26.5%). At month 60, 28 patients (70.0%) achieved the composite efficacy outcome. Bone turnover markers increased, peaked at ∼12 months, and then declined to values that remained above baseline. Conclusion: Treatment with rhPTH(1-84) for 5 years demonstrated a safety profile consistent with previous studies and improved key biochemical parameters.

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Mannstadt, M., Clarke, B. L., Bilezikian, J. P., Bone, H., Denham, D., Levine, M. A., … Vokes, T. J. (2019). Safety and Efficacy of 5 Years of Treatment with Recombinant Human Parathyroid Hormone in Adults with Hypoparathyroidism. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 104(11), 5136–5147. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2019-01010

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