A 7-year randomized, placebo-controlled trial assessing the long-term efficacy and safety of bazedoxifene in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. Issue 8 (August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Palacios, Santiago; Silverman, Stuart L.; de Villiers, Tobie J.; Levine, Amy B.; Goemaere, Stefan; Brown, Jacques P.; De Cicco Nardone, Fiorenzo; Williams, Robert; Hines, Teresa L.; Mirkin, Sebastian; Chines, Arkadi A.
• Is Part Of: Menopause. Volume 22:Issue 8(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-08
• Subjects: Menopause -- Periodicals; 618.175005
• DOI: 10.1097/GME.0000000000000419
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1072-3714

Abstract

<abstract> <title>Abstract</title> <sec> <title>Objective</title> <p>In a 3-year randomized, double-blind, osteoporosis treatment study (N = 7, 492), bazedoxifene 20 mg and bazedoxifene 40 mg significantly (<italic>P</italic> < 0.05) reduced the risk of new vertebral fractures by 42% and 37%, respectively, compared with placebo in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. This study evaluated the long-term (7-y) efficacy and safety of bazedoxifene in generally healthy postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Methods</title> <p>This was a second 2-year extension of the 3-year multicenter outpatient core study. During extension I (years 4-5), women receiving bazedoxifene 40 mg transitioned to bazedoxifene 20 mg. In extension II (years 6-7; N = 1, 530), all bazedoxifene-treated women continued bazedoxifene 20 mg. Main outcome measures included year 7 endpoints: incidences of new vertebral and nonvertebral fractures, bone mineral density changes, and safety assessments.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Results</title> <p>At 7 years, the cumulative incidences of new vertebral fractures were significantly lower in the bazedoxifene (6.4%) and bazedoxifene 20 mg (7.6%) groups than in the placebo group (9.9%); the relative risk reductions were 36.5% and 30.4%, respectively (both <italic>P</italic> < 0.001). Bazedoxifene had no effect on the overall incidence of nonvertebral fractures (bazedoxifene, 11.2%; bazedoxifene 20 mg, 12.0%; placebo, 10.8%). The mean changes from baseline in lumbar spine bone mineral density were 2.95%, 2.73%, and 2.19%, respectively. Seven-year decreases in total hip bone mineral density were significantly smaller in the bazedoxifene (−1.15%) and bazedoxifene 20 mg (−1.19%) groups than in the placebo group (−2.53%; <italic>P</italic> ⩽ 0.002). Bazedoxifene showed a favorable safety/tolerability profile across 7 years, with similar adverse events, serious adverse events, and study discontinuations in all groups.</p> </sec> <sec> <title>Conclusions</title> <p>Efficacy and safety of bazedoxifene are sustained across 7 years in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.</p> </sec> </abstract>