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We aimed to assess the effect of three hydrocortisone (HC) replacement dose regimens on bone turnover.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Study design<\/jats:title><jats:p>An open cross-over study randomising ten hypopituitary men with severe ACTH deficiency to three commonly used HC dose regimens: dose A (20\u200amg mane and 10\u200amg tarde), dose B (10\u200amg mane and 10\u200amg tarde) and dose C (10\u200amg mane and 5\u200amg tarde).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Following 6 weeks of each regimen, the participants underwent 24-h serum cortisol sampling and measurement of bone turnover markers: bone-specific alkaline phosphatase, procollagen type I N-propeptide (PINP), intact osteocalcin (OC(1\u201349)), C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide (CTX-I) and tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase 5b (TRACP5b). Bone remodelling balance was estimated as an absolute ratio (PINP:CTX-I) and as an index using standardised scores derived from the matched controls.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>There were significant increases in the concentrations of the formation markers PINP (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.045) and OC(1\u201349) (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.006) and in the PINP:CTX-I ratio (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.015), and a more positive bone remodelling balance index (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.03) was observed in patients on the lowest dose C than in those on the highest dose A. Mean 24-h cortisol concentrations correlated negatively with CTX-I (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.66 and<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.04) and TRACP5b (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.74 and<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.01) in patients on dose B and with OC(1\u201349) (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.66 and<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>=0.04) and CTX-I (<jats:italic>r<\/jats:italic>=\u22120.81 and<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic>&lt;0.01) in patients on dose C. In patients receiving the lower-dose regimen, trough cortisol concentrations correlated with increased bone formation and resorption.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>Low-dose HC replacement (10\u200amg mane and 5\u200amg tarde) is associated with increased bone formation and a positive bone remodelling balance. 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