Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Rapid and sustained decreases in UFC and significant improvements in signs and symptoms were seen in a large, randomized, 12-month phase III study of pasireotide in Cushing’s disease. The safety profile of pasireotide was found to be similar to that of other somatostatin analogues, with the exception of hyperglycemia-related AEs (reported in 72.8% of patients). This abstract reports safety data from a 12-month extension to this phase III trial.<p class="...

Introduction: The large, randomized, phase III study of pasireotide in Cushing’s disease found that pasireotide treatment resulted in rapid and sustained decreases in UFC levels and in significant improvements in signs and symptoms over 12 months of treatment. A 12-month extension of this trial has recently completed, and the results are reported here.Methods: Patients with persistent/recurrent or de novo (if not surgical candidates) Cushing&...