A Daily 5 Minute Skin Patch Instead of a Daily Shot to Increase Bone Matrix

Recently I wrote about our participation in a clinical trial offering the anabolic Tymlos (Abaloparatide) to men.  Now we have been approved for participation in another Tymlos (Abaloparatide) trial – this one for women.  Currently Tymlos is available to women as a daily shot.  The new delivery system is a patch applied to the skin for 5 minutes daily.  That is far more convenient than a shot.

The FDA compliant trial is being run by the Northeast Iowa Family Practice Center.  They have years of experience with clinical trials.  Clinical trials always have strict inclusion and exclusion criteria requiring extensive screening, interviews and multiple testings.  All screening is free to the participant.  If you are accepted into the trial, all treatment is also at no charge.

All participants will receive the FDA approved anabolic (increases bone matrix) medication Tymlos (Abaloparatide).  Participants are randomized to the standard injection or the new patch.

Our participation in the study is that Bone Health will be doing all screening and quarterly study DXAs and ADI (Advanced Diagnostic Imaging of Iowa) will be doing the spine x-rays.  We are also screening our own patients for potential to be study participants.

Remember that anabolic medications Forteo (Teriparatide), Tymlos (Abaloparatide), and Evenity (Romosozumab), primarily stimulate new bone formation.  Antiresorptives Fosamax (Alendronate), Actonel/Atelvia (Risendronate), Boniva (Ibandronate), Reclast (Zolendronate), Evista (Raloxifene), and Prolia (Denosumab), primarily preserve bone.

Of course, all medications require proper nutrition to work well.

Jay Ginther, MD

Categorised in: Clinical Trials, Medications, Osteoporosis