Spine Bone Texture Assessed by Trabecular Bone Score in Active and Controlled Acromegaly : A Prospective Study

© The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Endocrine Society..

CONTEXT: Acromegalic patients have an increased vertebral fracture (VFx) risk due to bone quality reduction, independently of bone mineral density (BMD).

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study is to describe bone quality in acromegaly, measured by trabecular bone score (TBS), a noninvasive index for assessing bone microarchitecture.

METHODS: We collected data from 18 patients (13 female, age 56.2 ± 15 years) newly diagnosed with acromegaly. Thirty-six age- and sex-matched healthy controls were also recruited. Pituitary function, bone and calcium-phosphorous metabolism, and BMD at spine and femur and TBS (by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry) were assessed in acromegalic patients at diagnosis and 12 months after the achievement of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) normalization.

RESULTS: At diagnosis, BMD and the VFx prevalence were comparable between patients and controls (28.3 ± 5.9 vs 27.6 ± 3.7 and 11% vs 8.3%), whereas TBS was significantly lower in acromegalic patients (1.20 ± 0.13 vs 1.30 ± 0.06; P < .001) and carboxyterminal telopeptide (CTX) and osteocalcin were significantly higher compared to controls (707 ± 365.7 vs 371 ± 104.1 pg/mL; P = .001 and 31.6 ± 15.4 vs 17.0 ± 5.7 ng/mL; P = .001, respectively). One year after IGF-1 normalization, a significant reduction of bone turnover indexes was observed in the group of acromegalic patients surgically cured (osteocalcin decrease of 61.2%, CTX decrease of 60.3%) compared to the ones controlled by medical therapy (osteocalcin decrease of 39%, CTX decrease of 40.7%; P = .01 and P = .001, respectively). Despite these findings, no TBS or BMD variations were observed.

CONCLUSION: Acromegalic patients have impaired bone quality despite normal density. Achieving normal growth hormone secretion rapidly leads to the normalization of bone turnover.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:5

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Journal of the Endocrine Society - 5(2021), 8 vom: 01. Aug., Seite bvab090

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sala, E [VerfasserIn]
Malchiodi, E [VerfasserIn]
Carosi, G [VerfasserIn]
Verrua, E [VerfasserIn]
Cairoli, E [VerfasserIn]
Ferrante, E [VerfasserIn]
Filopanti, M [VerfasserIn]
Eller-Vainicher, C [VerfasserIn]
Ulivieri, F M [VerfasserIn]
Spada, A [VerfasserIn]
Arosio, M [VerfasserIn]
Chiodini, I [VerfasserIn]
Mantovani, G [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Acromegaly
Bone metabolism
Journal Article
Osteoporosis
TBS

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Date Revised 24.04.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1210/jendso/bvab090

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NLM32742298X