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ea0011p433 | Endocrine disruptors | ECE2006

A randomized, open-label, multicenter study to evaluate octreotide LAR with surgical therapy as primary therapy patients with acromegaly

Colao A , Bouterfa H , Cappabianca P , Caron P , De Menis E , Farrall A , Gadelha M , Reed A , Reincke M , Safari M , T’Sjoen G , Cuneo R

This is the first prospective study to compare the efficacy and safety of medical therapy and surgery as primary therapy in acromegaly.A total of 104 patients with untreated acromegaly were enrolled. Eighty-one patients randomized to receive either octreotide LAR 20 mg (n=40) or surgery (n=41) completed the 48 weeks treatment period, and constituted the population used for this analysis, regardless of response to treatment.<p class="abs...
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Endocrine Abstracts
ISSN 1470-3947 (print) | ISSN 1479-6848 (online)
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