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12364434

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
Conventional surgery and radiotherapy for acromegaly have limitations. There are few data on the use of the somatostatin analog octreotide (Oct) as primary medical therapy. An open prospective study of 27 patients with newly diagnosed acromegaly was conducted in nine endocrine centers in the United Kingdom. Twenty patients had macroadenomas, and 7 had microadenomas. For the first 24 wk (phase 1), patients received sc Oct in an initial dose of 100 microg, 3 times daily, increased to 200 micro g three times daily after 4 wk in the 13 patients whose mean serum GH remained greater than 5 mU/liter (2 microg/liter). Five-point GH profiles were performed at 0, 4, 12, and 24 wk, and high resolution pituitary imaging using a standard protocol was performed at 0, 12, and 24 wk (magnetic resonance imaging in 25 patients and computed tomography in 2). Tumor dimensions and volumes were calculated by a central, reporting neuroradiologist, and the results were audited by a second, independent neuroradiologist. After 24 wk, 15 patients proceeded to phase 2 of the study with a direct switch to monthly injections of the depot formulation of Oct, Sandostatin long-acting release (Oct-LAR). Further GH profiles were performed at 36 and 48 wk, and pituitary imaging was performed at 48 wk. The median pretreatment serum GH concentration was 30.7 mU/liter (range, 6.7-141.4). During sc Oct, serum GH fell to less than 5 mU/liter in 9 patients (38%), and IGF-I fell to normal in 8 patients (33%). All 27 tumors shrank during sc Oct; for microadenomas the median tumor volume reduction was 49% (range, 12-73), and for macroadenomas it was 43% (range, 6-92). After 24 wk of Oct-LAR (end of phase 2), the GH level was less than 5 mU/liter in 11 of 14 patients (79%), and IGF-I was normal in 8 of 15 patients (53%). In the 15 patients given Oct-LAR (10 macroadenomas), wk 48 scans showed a further overall median tumor volume reduction of 24%. At the end of the study 79% of patients had mean serum GH levels below 5 mU/liter, 53% had normal IGF-I levels, and 73% showed greater than 30% tumor shrinkage. Twenty-nine percent of patients achieved all 3 targets, but no patient with pretreatment GH levels above 50 mU/liter did so at any stage of the study. Primary medical therapy with Oct offers the prospect of normalization of GH/IGF-I levels together with substantial tumor shrinkage in a significant subset of acromegalic patients. This is most likely to occur in patients with pretreatment GH levels less than 50 mU/liter (20 microg/liter).
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
87
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
4554-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Acromegaly, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Adenoma, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Antineoplastic Agents, Hormonal, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Delayed-Action Preparations, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Human Growth Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Injections, Intramuscular, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Injections, Subcutaneous, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Octreotide, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Pituitary Gland, Anterior, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Pituitary Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Prospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12364434-Tomography, X-Ray Computed
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Primary medical therapy for acromegaly: an open, prospective, multicenter study of the effects of subcutaneous and intramuscular slow-release octreotide on growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-I, and tumor size.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Endocrinology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, United Kingdom AB25 2ZN. j.s.bevan@arh.grampian.scot.nhs.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Clinical Trial, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Multicenter Study