1. Evaluating targets and costs of treatment for secondary hyperparathyroidism in incident dialysis patients: the FARO-2 study
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Roggeri DP, Cozzolino M, Mazzaferro S, Brancaccio D, Paoletti E, Roggeri A, Costanzo AM, di Luzio Paparatti U, Festa V, and Messa P
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Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology ,RC870-923 - Abstract
Daniela Paola Roggeri,1 Mario Cozzolino,2 Sandro Mazzaferro,3 Diego Brancaccio,4 Ernesto Paoletti,5 Alessandro Roggeri,1 Anna Maria Costanzo,6 Umberto di Luzio Paparatti,6 Vincenzo Festa,6 Piergiorgio Messa7 1ProCure Solutions, Nembro, Bergamo, 2Department of Health Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, 3Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrologic and Geriatric Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, 4Dialysis Unit NephroCare Simone Martini, Milan, 5Department of Nephrology, San Martino Hospital, Genoa, 6AbbVie Italy, Campoverde, Latina, 7Nephrology, Dialysis and Renal Transplant, Fondazione Ca Granda IRCCS Policlinico, Milan, Italy On behalf of the FARO Study Group Background: The aim of this analysis was to estimate biochemical parameters and the costs of treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism (SHPT) in a subpopulation of the FARO-2 study. Methods: The FARO-2 observational study aimed at evaluating the patterns of treatment for SHPT in naïve hemodialysis patients. Data related to pharmacological treatments and biochemical parameters (parathyroid hormone [PTH], calcium, phosphate) were recorded at entry to hemodialysis (baseline) and 6 months later (second survey). The analysis was performed from the Italian National Health Service perspective. Results: Two prominent treatment groups were identified, ie, one on oral calcitriol (n=105) and the other on intravenous paricalcitol (n=33); the intravenous calcitriol and intravenous paricalcitol + cinacalcet combination groups were not analyzed due to low patient numbers. At baseline, serum PTH levels were significantly higher in the intravenous paricalcitol group (P
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- 2014