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Filter by:The study was designed to investigate the optimal management of hyperglycemia developed during pasireotide treatment in participants with Cushing's disease or Acromegaly, which was not manageable with metformin. This was a Phase IV, multi-center, randomized, open-label study. Eligible patients started pasireotide subcutaneously (s.c.) for Cushing's disease and pasireotide LAR (long-acting release) for Acromegaly. Participants being treated with pasireotide s.c or LAR at screening were eligible as long as they met protocol criteria during the screening period. If previously normo-glycemic participants experienced an increase in their fasting blood glucose and met the criteria for diabetes while on pasireotide, they started anti-diabetic treatment using metformin. If they continued to have elevated blood glucose above target on metformin within the first 16 weeks, they were randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive treatment with incretin based therapy or insulin for approximately 16 weeks. Participants who continued to receive clinical benefit after completing the Core Phase could enter an optional Extension Phase if pasireotide was not commercially available in their country or a local access program was not available to provide drug. Patients continued in the Extension Phase until the last participant randomized in the Core Phase completed 16 weeks of treatment post-randomization.
The primary objective of the protocol is to define percentage of patients with acromegaly in relation to the total number of screened patients with confirmed clinically significant set of associated somatic disorders with the help of laboratory (Insulin-like Growth Factor I, Growth Hormone, Oral Glucose-Tolerance Test [IGF-1, GH, OGTT]) and instrumental examination methods (Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI]).
This is a long term study to evaluate common therapeutic algorithms and possible predictive parameters for Somatuline Autogel treatment in patients with Acromegaly.
The purpose of this study is to describe most characteristic association of signs and symptoms present at the time of acromegaly diagnosis.
Acromegaly is caused by increased production of growth hormone (GH) from a usually benign pituitary tumor. The disease causes a number of complications including disturbances in glucose metabolism and about 25% of the patients develop diabetes. Most patients are cured upon surgery alone, but many require additional medical treatment, and in rare cases radiotherapy. A disadvantage of radiotherapy is a risk of radiation damage to nearby areas such as the hypothalamus. The true extent of irradiation induced hypothalamic dysfunction, however, remains uncertain. Data have shown significant improvement and often normalization of glucose metabolism upon surgical cure from acromegaly, whereas data suggest that such improvement is less likely in patients receiving additional radiotherapy. The hypothalamus is part of the so-called 'gut-brain axis', where gastrointestinal hormones through interaction with the hypothalamus plays a significant role in the regulation of appetite and glucose metabolism. Incretins are the most prominent gastrointestinal hormones involved, with the incretin-effect referring to food-induced insulin secretion, which in healthy subjects is responsible for up to 70% of the insulin response after oral glucose intake. The investigators hypothesize that radiation conditional influence of the hypothalamus may compromise the gut-brain activity and thereby affect the incretin-effect and gastrointestinal-mediated glucose disposal (GIGD; i.e. sum of all gastrointestinal-derived factors that contribute to glucose metabolism) in patients with acromegaly. The aim of the study is to investigate the long term effect of surgery with or without additional fractionated radiation therapy on glucose metabolism as assessed by incretin-effect and GIGD in acromegaly, in order to identify possible associations with treatment modality. The study population include 24 acromegalic patients who have previously received (N=12) or did not receive (N=12) pituitary irradiation as part of their treatment, and 12 matched healthy controls.
The present study is planned as an expanded treatment protocol to provide acromegalic patients for whom medical therapy is appropriate access to pasireotide LAR while regulatory approval for pasireotide is sought.
Acromegaly is a rare disease caused by growth hormone (GH) secreting pituitary adenoma in more than 95% of cases. Acromegaly can be seen sporadically or may be associated with a variety of genetic syndromes such as Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 1, Carney Complex, familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA) and Mc-Cune Albright Syndrome. The accompanying features of these syndromes and family history are helpful in the differential diagnosis. Aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR)-interacting protein (AIP) gene mutations can be seen sporadically as well as in FIPA. But the prescience of the presence of AIP mutation is limited by positive family history and early-onset of acromegaly. Furthermore, the probability of the patient to be the index case of the family should not be ignored. Screening for AIP gene mutation is recommended in patients with pituitary adenomas of childhood-onset, GH or prolactin secreting tumors who are diagnosed before the age of 30 years and positive family history in two or more family members according to present evidence in the literature. It is also known that AIP mutation is usually associated with more aggressive clinical behavior due to unclarified reasons. The prevalence of AIP mutation in Turkish population and types of mutations have not been defined previously. The primary aim of the present study is to define the AIP gene mutation prevalence and the relation with clinical and tumour behaviour in a subgroup of Turkish acromegalic patients. If AIP gene mutation is detected in some patients, it will be possible to screen the family of the patient for the presence of AIP mutation or at least for the presence of pituitary adenoma. Acromegalic patients who are followed in Erciyes University Medical School Department of Endocrinology will be enrolled into the study. After DNA isolation, each exon of AIP gene including splicing points will be reproduced by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and will be analyzed for the presence of mutation by sequence analysis. The cases will be analyzed further in means of clinical features according to presence of AIP gene mutation. The prevalence of AIP gene mutation, clinical reflection of presence of AIP mutation will be determined and genetic consultation will be given to the carriers of AIP gene mutation at the end of the study.
If someone is diagnosed with a pituitary tumor that causes acromegaly (too much growth hormone) the treatment is to have it surgically removed. This study has two phases. The first phase provides medical treatment with a drug that will be provided for 3 months before surgery to see if complications of surgery are reduced and to see whether or not remission improves following surgery if you have this medical treatment. The drug administered is approved by the FDA for long-term treatment of acromegaly. It is not routinely administered before surgery, and is therefore experimental as used in this way. All other procedures performed during this research are standard of care with the exception of the 3 questionnaires to be completed at each visit. The second phase of this study is from 3 months until 12 months after surgery and is only for people who do not go into remission after the operation. This phase assesses the possible remission of acromegaly after resuming the drug treatment for an additional 3 to 9 months. The drug will be prescribed by your physician as part of your regular medical care and will not be included as part of the study. All other procedures performed during this research are standard of care with the exception of the 3 questionnaires to be completed at each visit. The study lasts approximately 16 months - 3 month before surgery and 12 months after surgery.
The aim of the study is to identify predictive factors for the response to Lanreotide treatment in Acromegaly as well as in Neuroendocrine Tumours.
This study investigates fat distribution in people with acromegaly. The investigator is also investigating the change of fat distribution before and after treatment of acromegaly. The investigator will compare the results of people with acromegaly to the results of healthy volunteers.