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Open AccessAbaloparatide-SC improves trabecular microarchitecture as assessed by trabecular bone score (TBS): a 24-week randomized clinical trial
In a phase 2 trial of 222 postmenopausal women with osteoporosis aged 55 to 85 years randomized to one of three different doses of abaloparatide-SC, subcutaneous teriparatide, or placebo for 24 weeks, abalopar...
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A prospective multicenter octreotide dose response study in the treatment of acromegaly
The somatostatin analog octreotide has proven to be an effective form of treatment for various hypersecretory states including acromegaly. This report describes the effects of escalating doses of octreotide on...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Heart Size Reduction in Acromegalic Patientes Treated with the Long-Acting Somatostatin-Analogue SMS 201–995 (Somatostatin®)
Cardiomegaly by hypertrophy of the heart in acromegalic patients — prevalence 85% in our patients with acromegaly [1] — is often complicated by complex arrhythmias and gradual cardiac-insufficiency [1, 3, 8]. ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Effects of Long-Term Administration of Sandostatin® (SMS 201–995) at Increasing Doses in 40 Acromegalic Patients. Results from the French Sandostatin Acromegaly Study Group
Several studies demonstrate the efficacy of short- and long-term Sandostatin® treatment in acromegaly administered subcutaneously at doses ranging from 150 to 300 µg up to 600 µg per day [1, 3, 5, 7–10]. A rhythm...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Observations During a Clinical Trial of Sandostatin® in Acromegalic Patients
Ten acromegalic patients were studied over a period of 75 weeks. Four had had one or more attempted ablations of their pituitary adenoma, six were previously untreated or had been unsuccessfully treated with b...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Long-Term Treatment of Acromegaly by Continuous Subcutaneous Infusion of the Long-Acting Somatostatin Analog Sandostatin® (SMS 201–995, Octreotide)
Recently the long-acting somatostatin analog Sandostatin® (SMS 201–995, Octreotide) was introduced for the therapy of acromegaly. On a two or three daily subcutaneous (s.c.) injection regimen plasma GH levels hav...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Long-Term Efficacy of Sandostatin®(SMS 201–995, Octreotide) in 178 Acromegalic Patients. Results from the International Multicentre Acromegaly Study Group
Sandostatin® (SMS 201–995), a synthetic long-acting octapeptide, represents an efficacious alternative therapeutic candidate to available treatment modalities for acromegaly.