The effect of calcium and vitamin D compounds on bone mineral density in patients undergoing glucocorticoid therapies: a network meta-analysis.

Clinical Rheumatology
Jiawen DengJannusha Panicker

Abstract

The objective of our systematic review and network meta-analysis (NMA) is to investigate which vitamin D and/or calcium regimen would yield the greatest increase in lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total hip bone mineral density (BMD) in adult patients undergoing glucocorticoid therapy. We performed NMAs based on a prospectively developed protocol. A database search of MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science, CINAHL, CENTRAL and Chinese databases were conducted for relevant randomized controlled trials (RCTs). Outcomes were percentage change in lumbar spine, femoral neck, and total hip BMD from baseline. We included 16 RCTs containing 1073 eligible patients in our analysis. We found alfacalcidol+calcium to yield the greatest percentage increase in lumbar spine BMD (MD 6.05, 95% credible interval [CrI] - 4.18 to 16.18) compared to no treatment, and calcitriol+calcium to yield the greatest percentage increase in femoral neck BMD (MD 8.46, 95% CrI - 4.74 to 21.51) compared to no treatment. Cholecalciferol+calcium ranked first in terms of its ability to increase total hip BMD; however this finding needs to be interpreted with caution due to low sample sizes in the cholecalciferol+calcium treatment arm. None of the treatment arms ruled out t...Continue Reading

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