MOBILE Study - A Study of Bonviva (Ibandronate) Regimens in Women With Post-Menopausal Osteoporosis

Relative change in Bone Mineral Density (BMD) is the percentage change from baseline of BMD of vertebrae L2 - L4 that are not fractured and not affected by an osteoarthritic process to such a degree that accurate measurement of BMD would be considered jeopardized by the central reading center after 12 months of treatment. It is calculated as the sum of bone mineral content divided by the sum of area of all lumbar vertebrae L2 - L4 that are not fractured and not affected by an osteoarthritic process at Month 12. Participants available at particular time point for assessment were included in the analysis.

Relative change in BMD is the percentage change from baseline of BMD of vertebrae L2 - L4 that are not fractured and not affected by an osteoarthritic process to such a degree that accurate measurement of BMD would be considered jeopardized by the central reading center after 24 months of treatment. It is calculated as the sum of bone mineral content divided by the sum of area of all lumbar vertebrae L2 - L4 that are not fractured and not affected by an osteoarthritic process at Month 24.

The absolute change (g/cm^2) from baseline in mean BMD of the lumbar spine (L2 - L4) at one and two years. A difference in the mean values between the active groups and the control was calculated.

Proximal femur BMD was measured by dual-energy X ray absorptiometry at baseline, after one and two years of treatment and was read by a central reading center.

Proximal femur BMD was measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry at baseline, after one and two years of treatment and was read by a central reading center

A participant is a responder if the mean lumber spine (L2 - L4) BMD had remained the same or increased above baseline.

A participant is a responder if the mean total hip BMD had remained the same or increased above baseline.

A participant is a responder if the mean trochanter BMD had remained the same or increased above baseline.

A participant is a responder if the mean femoral neck BMD had remained the same or increased above baseline.

A participant is a responder if the mean total hip and mean lumbar spine BMD had remained the same or increased above baseline.

A participant is a responder if the mean trochanter and lumbar spine BMD had remained the same or increased above baseline.

A participant is a responder if the mean femoral neck and lumbar spine BMD had remained the same or increased above baseline.

Serum CTX, a biochemical marker of bone resorption, was assessed using the Elecsys S-CTX-I assay (an ElectroChemiLuminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA) Technique).

Serum CTX, a biochemical marker of bone resorption, was assessed using the Elecsys S-CTX-I assay (an ElectroChemiLuminescence Immunoassay (ECLIA) Technique).

An Adverse Event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant or clinical investigation subject administered a pharmaceutical product and which does not necessarily have to have a causal relationship with this treatment. An AE can therefore be any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal laboratory finding), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product. A serious adverse event (SAE) is any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose results in death, are life threatening, requires hospitalization or prolongation of hospitalization or results in disability/incapacity, and congenital anomaly/birth defect.

Marked laboratory abnormalities were defined as those values that were outside the reference range and showed a clinically relevant change from baseline. The reference range for hemoglobin was 110-200 (gram per liter [g/L]), hematocrit was 0.31-0.56 fraction, white blood cells (WBC) was 3.0-18.0 (10*9/L), serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase (SGPT/ALT) was 0-110 IU/L, blood urea nitrogen (BUN) was 0.0-14.3 (millimoles per Liter [mmol/L]), Chloride was 95-115 (mmol/L), Potassium was 3.0 - 6.0 (mmol/L), Sodium was 130-150 (mmol/L), Calcium was 2.00-2.90 (mmol/L), Phosphate was 0.75 - 1.60 (mmol/L) and Creatinine was 0- 154 (micromoles/liter [umol/L].