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ArticleClinical case reports2015

Effectiveness of low-dose pasireotide in a patient with Cushing's disease: antiproliferative effect and predictivity of a short pasireotide suppression test.

Erika Grossrubatscher, Benedetta Zampetti, Paolo Dalino Ciaramella, Paola Doneda, Paola Loli

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Article in Clinical case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Erika GrossrubatscherDepartment of Endocrinology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3, 20162, Milan, Italy.
Benedetta ZampettiDepartment of Endocrinology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3, 20162, Milan, Italy.
Paolo Dalino CiaramellaDepartment of Endocrinology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3, 20162, Milan, Italy.
Paola DonedaDepartment of Neuroradiology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3, 20162, Milan, Italy.
Paola LoliDepartment of Endocrinology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda Piazza Ospedale Maggiore, 3, 20162, Milan, Italy.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case shows efficacy of low-dose pasireotide in biochemical and clinical control of severe hypercortisolism and in tumor volume reduction in a patient with an ACTH-secreting macroadenoma. The drug may be an option for long-term treatment in some patients where control of tumor mass is an important clinical endpoint.

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ACTH-secreting macroadenomaantiproliferative effectCushing’s diseasepasireotide

Identifiers

PMID26331021
PMCPMC4551334

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