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ReviewEndocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets2020

Italian Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AME) and Italian AACE Chapter Position Statement for Clinical Practice: Acromegaly - Part 2: Therapeutic Issues.

Renato Cozzi, Maria R Ambrosio, Roberto Attanasio, Alessandro Bozzao, Laura De Marinis, Ernesto De Menis, Edoardo Guastamacchia, Andrea Lania, Giovanni Lasio, Francesco Logoluso and 6 more

Abstract readReviewConsensus Statement
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Review in Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Real-life data of Pasireotide LAR in acromegaly: a long-term follow-up.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2024
    Observational
  4. Article
  5. Pasireotide-a novel somatostatin receptor ligand after 20 years of use.Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders · 2022
    Review
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors.

Renato CozziDivision of Endocrinology, Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Maria R AmbrosioSection of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy.
Roberto AttanasioEndocrinology Service, IRCCS Orthopedic Institute Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
Alessandro BozzaoNeuroradiology, S. Andrea Hospital, NESMOS Department (Neuroscience, Mental Health, Sensorial Organs), Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Laura De MarinisPituitary Unit, Department of Endocrinology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, School of Medicine, Rome, Italy.
Ernesto De MenisDepartment of Internal Medicine, General Hospital, Montebelluna (TV), Italy.
Edoardo GuastamacchiaAME President, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Andrea LaniaDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, IRCCS Humanitas University and Endocrinology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
Giovanni LasioDepartment of Neurosurgery, Humanitas University and Endocrinology Unit, Humanitas Research Hospital, Rozzano, Italy.
Francesco LogolusoEndocrinology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University Medical School 'Aldo Moro', Bari, Italy.
Pietro MaffeiDepartment of Medicine (DIMED), 3rd Medical Clinic, Padua University Hospital, Padua, Italy.
Maurizio PoggiEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, S. Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Vincenzo ToscanoEndocrinology, Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, S. Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Michele ZiniEndocrinology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera S. Maria Nuova IRCCS, Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Philippe ChansonEndocrinology and Reproductive Diseases, Bicêtre Hospital and Paris-Saclay University 11, France.
Laurence KatznelsonDepartment of Medicine, Stanford University Hospital, Stanford, CA, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Any newly diagnosed patient should be referred to a multidisciplinary team experienced in the treatment of pituitary adenomas. The therapeutic management of acromegaly always requires a personalized strategy. Normal age-matched IGF-I values are the treatment goal. Transsphenoidal surgery by an expert neurosurgeon is the primary treatment modality for most patients, especially if there are neurological complications. In patients with poor clinical conditions or who refuse surgery, primary medical treatment should be offered, firstly with somatostatin analogs (SSAs). In patients who do not reach hormonal targets with first-generation depot SSAs, a second pharmacological option with pasireotide LAR or pegvisomant (alone or combined with SSA) should be offered. Irradiation could be proposed to patients with surgical remnants who would like to be free from long-term medical therapies or those with persistent disease activity or tumor growth despite surgery or medical therapy. Since the therapeutic tools available enable therapeutic targets to be achieved in most cases, the challenge is to focus more on the quality of life.

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EndocrinologistsSocieties, MedicalAcromegalyEndocrinologyGoalsHumansItalyPituitary GlandSomatostatinTreatment OutcomeSomatostatinAcromegalyaggressivecabergolinecomorbiditiesdiscrepantgammaknifeneurosurgerypasireotidepegvisomantpituitaryresistantsomatostatin analogs

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PMID31995025
PMCPMC7579256

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