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A follow-up program to help patients suffering from severe osteoporosis during their therapy with teriparatide or PTH(1–84) has been designed and performed. The objective of this study was to evaluate the 18-month persistence on these therapies in patients participating in the program. We enrolled 382 patients who started teriparatide or PTH(1–84) following this program and compared them with a historical cohort of 398 patients treated with the same therapies but who did not participate in any follow-up program. At the beginning of the therapy, nurses trained patients on self-injection. Patients received one phone call per week during the first month, then one phone call per month and per 3 months during the following 5 and 12 months, respectively. In every call, nurses helped patients to resolve any possible issues and collected adverse event information. The persistence rate of the group following the program was 85.6%, 8.2% higher than that of the group not following any program (77.4%). The log-rank test on persistence rates on therapy in patients enrolled and not enrolled in the program was performed; the difference was statistically significant (P = 0.006). Discontinuation in the follow-up program group occurred mainly at early stages of the treatment due to adverse events. Our results show that patients suffering from severe osteoporosis treated with teriparatide or PTH(1–84) and enrolled in a follow-up program have higher persistence rates than patients not following the program.
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The study was funded by an unrestricted grant by Eli Lilly. The authors thank Dr. Massimo Cravero, Giovanni Bosco Hospital of Torino; Dr. Maurilio Massara, Maggiore della Carità Hospital of Novara; Dr. Laura Gianotti, S. Croce e Carle Hospital of Cuneo; Dr. Pier Andrea Rocchetta, SS. A. Biagio-C. Arrigo Hospital of Alessandria; Dr. Maurizio Mondavio, Hospital of Acqui Terme; and Dr. Marco Ovio, S. Corona Hospital of Pietraligure for participating in data collection.
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Tamone, C., Fonte, G., Panico, A. et al. Impact of a Phone Follow-Up Program on Persistence with Teriparatide or PTH(1–84) Treatment. Calcif Tissue Int 90, 272–278 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00223-012-9574-9
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