Abstract
OBJECTIVE
To present two female patients with acromegaly inadequately controlled with long-acting octreotide who were subsequently treated with the multireceptor-targeted somatostatin analogue pasireotide that over-suppressed IGF-1 levels.
METHODS
We report two patients who failed surgery and received long-acting octreotide 20–30 mg/month as part of two double-blind, Phase III clinical trials. After 6–12 months of octreotide treatment, both patients remained inadequately controlled and were switched to long-acting pasireotide 40 mg/month as part of a crossover extension phase.
RESULTS
During the core phase of the studies the patients received octreotide 20–30 mg/month, but GH and IGF-1 levels remained above normal. They were switched to pasireotide 40 mg/month after 6 and 12 months, according to the study protocols. After crossover, GH and IGF-1 decreased and normalized, but continued treatment led to further reduction of IGF-1 to below the normal; these reduced levels mildly increased following pasireotide dose reduction to 20 mg/month. Tumour volume was reduced and the clinical signs and symptoms of acromegaly also improved.
CONCLUSION
These patients achieved long-term biochemical control, tumour volume reduction and improvement of clinical signs/symptoms after switching from octreotide to pasireotide. IGF-1 over-suppression is observed in a few patients and requires dose adjustment of pasireotide.
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Shimon, I., Saeger, W., Wildemberg, L.E. et al. Somatotropinomas inadequately controlled with octreotide may over-respond to pasireotide: the importance of dose adjustment to achieve long-term biochemical control. Hormones 16, 84–91 (2017). https://doi.org/10.14310/horm.2002.1722
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