ea0011p511 | Endocrine tumours and neoplasia | ECE2006
Schreiber I
, Forssmann K
, Buchfelder M
, Droste M
, Mann K
, Saller B
, Strasburger CJ
The German Acrostudy is at present the largest database on acromegalics (n=184) treated with pegvisomant (Somavert®). 91% pts underwent pituitary surgery, 45% received radiation therapy, and previous medical therapy included dopamine agonists (56%), octreotide (90%) and/or lanreotide (10%). Common concomitant diseases at baseline were hypertension (47.0%), diabetes mellitus (31.7%), and gallstone disease (25.6%). Efficacy analysis was performed in 134 pt...