Effect of Romosozumab Treatment in Postmenopausal Women With Osteoporosis and Knee Osteoarthritis: Results From a Substudy of a Phase 3 Clinical Trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Romosozumab is a bone-forming agent approved for osteoporosis treatment. Here we report results of the protocol-specified, noninferiority osteoarthritis substudy of the fracture study in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis (FRAME), which evaluated the effect of romosozumab versus placebo on knee osteoarthritis in patients with a clinical history of osteoarthritis.

Methods

Women in FRAME with a history of knee osteoarthritis were eligible for enrollment in the osteoarthritis substudy; key inclusion criteria were osteoarthritis-related signal knee pain, morning stiffness lasting less than 30 minutes, knee crepitus, and knee osteoarthritis confirmed by x-ray within 12 months. The protocol-specified outcomes were change from baseline through month 12 in the Western

SUBMITTER: Lane NE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10789302 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature