Surgical Versus Medical Treatment of Acromegaly

University of Aarhus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Acromegaly

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01000090

kzr200809

Details and patient eligibility

About

Evaluate biochemical differences in acromegalic patients treated with surgery versus somatostatin analogues (SMS) (after surgery or alone).

Hypothesis: Treatment modality exhibit different biochemical responses in acromegaly.

Enrollment: 63 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Acromegaly diagnosis
• treated with Somatostatin analogues or surgery
• in treatment control

Exclusion criteria

• treatment with GH-antagonist
• never treated
• not in treatment control

Trial design

63 participants in 2 patient groups

Acromegaly patients, somatostain analogues

Acromegaly patients, surgery