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    Abaloparatide-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...

    J. P. Bilezikian, G. Hattersley, L. A. Fitzpatrick in Osteoporosis International (2018)

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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...

    Shereen Ezzat M.D., D. A. Redelmeier, M. Gnehm in Journal of Endocrinological Investigation (1995)

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    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]. ...

    P.-H. Althoff, K. Schmidt, D. Rübesam, A. G. Harris in Endocrinology of the Heart (1989)

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    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...

    G. Sassolas, P. Fossati, P. Chanson in Sandostatin® in the Treatment of Acromegaly (1988)

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    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...

    H. Ørskov, J. Weeke, S. E. Christensen in Sandostatin® in the Treatment of Acromegaly (1988)

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    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...

    J. P. Tauber, Th. Babin, M. C. R. Ducasse in Sandostatin® in the Treatment of Acromegaly (1988)

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    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.

    A. G. Harris, H. Prestele, K. Herold in Sandostatin® in the Treatment of Acromegaly (1988)