The value of an acute octreotide suppression test in predicting response to long-term somatostatin analogue therapy in patients with acromegaly (original) (raw)

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 2010

Abstract

The usefulness of the acute octreotide test in the selection of patients with acromegaly for chronic somatostatin depot analogues treatment is controversial. To determine the efficacy of acute octreotide suppression test (OST) in predicting response to long-term somatostatin analogue (Octreotide-long-acting repeatable, OCT-LAR) therapy in patients with acromegaly. Prospective study (2006-2007) conducted at a tertiary healthcare centre in western India. Sixteen drug-naive patients with active acromegaly (postoperative+/-post radiotherapy) underwent 50 microg subcutaneous OST. Ten patients were treated with OCT-LAR for one year. Remission was defined as a nadir growth hormone (GH) < 1 ng/ml during 75 g oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) (0, 10, 30, 60, 120, 180 min) and normal age, sex-matched insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF1) levels. SPSS Software Version 11 was used for data analysis. Using GH cutoff. Nadir GH < 1 ng/ml following an OST is a useful predictive marker of achieving disease remission with long-term OCT-LAR therapy.

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