Endocrine Abstracts

Background: A systematic literature review (SLR) was conducted to assess the use of independent injections (self/partner/home-administered) as an alternative to healthcare-setting injections for chronic diseases. The primary objective was to identify studies reporting on independent injection of somatostatin analogues (SSAs). Comparative evidence on independent injection of other medications was examined as a secondary objective.Methods: MEDLINE/Embase/t...

Introduction: Growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy is safe and confers significant benefits in body composition, bone health, cardiometabolic risk factors, and quality of life in adults with GH deficiency. However, longer term safety and efficacy data are limited by the lack of consistency in data collection between studies. The study aim was to develop a simple global register by standardising and developing a minimum data set (MDS) to facilitate international collection o...