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ea0025p208 | Growth and development | SFEBES2011

The use of a novel injection delivery system to address compliance in patients receiving GH replacement therapy

McGlynn Stephen , Edwards Michael , Smethurt Linda , Brabant Georg

The majority of adult GH replaced patients reach target IGF1 levels using established injection devices. However, a small but significant cohort of these patients fail to achieve these intended goals. This can be manifested as either a failure to improve (biochemically or symptomatically) despite escalating GH doses, or large variations in IGF1 measurements despite steady GH dosing.The Easypod® device has a memory chip which allows record...