A study on bone union promoting effect by Romosozumab administration in a rat posterolateral lumbar fusion model — The International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine

A study on bone union promoting effect by Romosozumab administration in a rat posterolateral lumbar fusion model (#1254)

Geundong Kim 1 , Kazuhide Inage 1 , Yasuhiro Shiga 1 , Tomohito Mukaihata 1 , Ikuko Tajiri 1 , Sumihisa Orita 1 2 , Yawara Eguchi 1 , Miyako Suzuki-Narita 1 , Hiromitsu Takaoka 1 , Takashi Hozumi 1 , Norichika Mizuki 1 , Ryuto Tsuchiya 1 , Takuma Otagiri 1 , Takahisa Hishiya 1 , Takahito Arai 1 , Noriyasu Toshi 1 , Takeo Furuya 1 , Satoshi Maki 1 , Junichi Nakamura 1 , Shigeo Hagiwara 1 , Yasuchika Aoki 3 , Masao Koda 4 , Hiroshi Takahashi 4 , Tsutomu Akazawa 5 , Seiji Ohtori 1
  1. Graduate school of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, CHIBA, Japan
  2. Chiba University Center for Frontier Medical Engineering, Chiba
  3. Eastern Chiba Medical Center, Chiba
  4. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba
  5. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1, Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa, Japan

This study investigated the effect of romosozumab on bone union in a rat posterolateral lumbar fixation model. Posterolateral lumbar fixation was performed on 8-week-old male Sprague Dawley rats (n=20). For bone grafting, autogenous bone (40 mg) was harvested from the spinous processes of the 10th thoracic vertebra until the 2nd lumbar vertebra and implanted between the intervertebral joints and transverse processes of the 4th and 5th lumbar vertebrae on both sides. Rats were matched by body weight and equally divided into two groups: R group (Evenity®, 25 mg/kg) and control (C) group (saline). Subcutaneous injections were administered twice a week until 8 weeks after surgery. Computed tomography was performed at surgery and week 8 after surgery. The area and percentage of bone trabeculae in the total area of bone fusion were calculated. Statistical analysis was performed using unpaired t-test (P<0.05). We found that the R group rats had significantly higher mean bone union rate and volume than the C group rats at all time courses starting week 4 after surgery. The R group had significantly higher increase rates than the C group at weeks 4 and 6 after surgery. The percentage of bone trabeculae area of the R group was approximately 1.7 times larger than that of the C group. Thus, we demonstrated that romosozumab administration has stimulatory effects on bony outgrowth at bone graft sites. We attribute this to the modeling effect of romosozumab. 

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