- Uncontrolled hypercalcemia ( ≥1.5 mmol/L ionized calcium or Ca > 12 mg/dL) or symptomatic hypercalcemia requiring continued use of bisphosphonate therapy or denosumab (patients receiving bisphosphonate therapy or denosumab to prevent skeletal events and who do not have a history of clinically significant hypercalcemia are eligible, though patients receiving denosumab must be willing and eligible to receive bisphosphonates instead)