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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Suppl 5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-11-5
pubmed:abstractText
Vitamin D therapy for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) on hemodialysis therapy has relied on patient dry weight to determine the initial dose of medication. Obtaining a patient's dry weight can be difficult, and no correlation has been established between a patient's body weight and severity of secondary hyperparathyroidism. We conducted a double-blind, double-dummy, randomized, 12-week, multicenter trial to compare the incidence of hypercalcemia (single occurrence) between two dosing regimens: one regimen based on baseline intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH; PTH/80) level, and the other regimen based on patient body weight (0.04 microgram/kg). One hundred twenty-five adult patients with ESRD on maintenance hemodialysis therapy were enrolled at multiple sites. Before treatment, all patients were required to have PTH levels of 300 pg/mL or greater, calcium levels of 8.0 mg/dL or greater and 10.5 mg/dL or less, and a calcium x phosphorus (Ca x P) product of 70 or less. Patients were randomized to one of two regimens: the nonrandomized treatment was also administered as a placebo dummy. No incidence of hypercalcemia occurred in either treatment group during the study. Patients treated according to the formula iPTH/80 required fewer dose adjustments and achieved the first of four consecutive reductions from baseline PTH level of 30% or greater more rapidly than patients treated based on body weight (P = 0.0306). Incidences of elevated Ca x P product levels were similar between treatment groups. Treatment with paricalcitol injection based on degree of secondary hyperparathyroidism incurred no greater risk for hypercalcemia and achieved meaningful therapeutic results with fewer dose adjustments than dosing based on patient body weight.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
1523-6838
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
38
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
S57-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Alkaline Phosphatase, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Body Weight, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Calcium, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Confidence Intervals, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Double-Blind Method, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Ergocalciferols, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Female, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Hypercalcemia, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Hyperparathyroidism, Secondary, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Kidney Failure, Chronic, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Male, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Parathyroid Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:11689389-Renal Dialysis
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Paricalcitol dosing according to body weight or severity of hyperparathyroidism: a double-blind, multicenter, randomized study.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Nephrology, Louis University, St Louis, MO, USA. martinkj@wpogate.slu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Randomized Controlled Trial, Multicenter Study