ba0001pp495 | Other diseases of bone and mineral metabolism | ECTS2013
Goodman Kirsteen
, MacLennan Graeme
, Fraser William
, Selby Peter
, Ralston Stuart
Pagets disease of bone (PDB) is a common metabolic bone disease characterised by increased and disorganised bone remodelling affecting one or more skeletal sites. Bisphosphonates are highly effective at suppressing bone turnover in PDB but it remains unclear whether greater suppression of bone turnover improves clinical outcome. In the PRISM study, we previously reported that PDB patients randomised to intensive treatment aimed at normalising alkaline phospha...