Samuel Frey, Maxime Gérard, Pascale Guillot, Matthieu Wargny, Kalyane Bach-Ngohou, Edith Bigot-Corbel, Nelly Renaud Moreau, Cécile Caillard, Eric Mirallié, Bertrand Cariou, Claire Blanchard
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Volume 109, Issue 6, June 2024, Pages 1494–1504
https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgad718
Osteoporosis and/or bone fractures are indications of parathyroidectomy in primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), especially in women. However, the benefit of surgery in patients with osteopenia remains unclear.
To evaluate bone mineral density (BMD) and bone remodeling biomarkers changes 1 year after parathyroidectomy in women with PHPT.
In the prospective, monocentric, observational prospective cohort with primary hyperparathyroidism patients (CoHPT) cohort, women operated for sporadic PHPT since 2016 with ≥1 year follow-up were included. BMD (dual-X ray absorptiometry) and bone remodeling biomarkers [cross-linked C-telopeptide (CTX), procollagen type 1 N-terminal propeptide (P1NP), and bone-specific alkaline phosphatases] were assessed before and 1 year after parathyroidectomy.
Referral center.
A total of 177 women with PHPT (62.5 ± 13.3 years, 83.1% menopausal, 43.9% osteopenic, and 45.1% osteoporotic) were included.
Parathyroidectomy.
BMD change between before and 1 year after parathyroidectomy.
Parathyroidectomy resulted in significant increase in BMD and decrease in serum bone remodeling biomarker concentrations. In the 72 patients with baseline osteopenia, mean BMD significantly increased at the lumbar spine [+0.05 g/cm2 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.03–0.07)], the femoral neck [+0.02 g/cm2 (95% CI 0.00–0.04)], the total hip [+0.02 g/cm2 (95% CI 0.01–0.02)], and the forearm [+0.01 (95% CI 0.00–0.02)], comparable to osteoporotic patients. Among osteopenic patients, those with individual BMD gain (>0.03 g/cm2) at ≥1 site had higher preoperative serum CTX, P1NP, and urine calcium concentrations than those without improvement.
Parathyroidectomy significantly improved BMD and remodeling biomarkers in women with osteopenia, thereby supporting the benefit of parathyroidectomy in these patients. Preoperative serum CTX and P1NP concentrations could be useful to predict expected BMD gain.
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