Modern methods of medical treatment of acromegaly

The continuing difficulty of treatment of acromegaly depends on: late diagnosis of the disease, the multiplicity of pathological variants of GH-secreting adenomas, the presence of complicated forms of the disease, and the lack of differentiated approach when choosing a treatment strategy. At the pre...

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Main Authors: V. S. Pronin, E. V. Pronin
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Language:Russian
Published: Remedium Group LLC 2020-01-01
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Online Access:https://www.med-sovet.pro/jour/article/view/5494
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description The continuing difficulty of treatment of acromegaly depends on: late diagnosis of the disease, the multiplicity of pathological variants of GH-secreting adenomas, the presence of complicated forms of the disease, and the lack of differentiated approach when choosing a treatment strategy. At the present time, when there are many divergent therapeutic tools to achieve the target values depending on the specific structure of the pathological tumor tissue, the main problem lies in the establishment of adequate algorithms to ensure prompt achievement and maintenance of biochemical remission. Due to the improvement of surgical aids medical therapy for acromegaly is generally used as a second line treatment, assignable at continuing disease activity after non-radical adenomectomy.). With the introduction of prolongated analogs of somatostatin, mostly affecting the 2nd (octreotide, lanreotide), or 5th (pasireotide) subtypes of the somatostatin receptors, selective dopamine agonists (cabergoline), and growth hormone receptor antagonist (pegvisomant) into wide clinical practice patients received a great opportunity to achieve a stable biochemical control of acromegaly regardless of secretory activity and receptor phenotype of the tumor tissue. The present paper reveals the mechanisms of action and the characteristics of the most common pharmacological agents, as well as the indications for their use in the combined treatment of acromegaly. It discusses the topic of therapeutic benefit with resistance to somatostatin analogues of the 1st generation. The results of a multicenter randomized clinical trials on the effectiveness and safety of somatostatin analogs, as well as current international recommendations of optimal schemes of therapeutic benefit in acromegaly are also presented here. It stressed the need for a differentiated approach to the treatment based on the clinical and pathological features of somatotropinoms and the individual sensitivity of patients to drugs used.
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spelling doaj.art-f58bf3a643ee455aa4a337243c2ff75b2023-04-23T06:56:32ZrusRemedium Group LLCМедицинский совет2079-701X2658-57902020-01-0102119820510.21518/2079-701X-2019-21-198-2055003Modern methods of medical treatment of acromegalyV. S. Pronin0E. V. Pronin1Russian Medical Academy of Postgraduate Education» of the Ministry of Health of the Russian FederationEndocrinology DispensaryThe continuing difficulty of treatment of acromegaly depends on: late diagnosis of the disease, the multiplicity of pathological variants of GH-secreting adenomas, the presence of complicated forms of the disease, and the lack of differentiated approach when choosing a treatment strategy. At the present time, when there are many divergent therapeutic tools to achieve the target values depending on the specific structure of the pathological tumor tissue, the main problem lies in the establishment of adequate algorithms to ensure prompt achievement and maintenance of biochemical remission. Due to the improvement of surgical aids medical therapy for acromegaly is generally used as a second line treatment, assignable at continuing disease activity after non-radical adenomectomy.). With the introduction of prolongated analogs of somatostatin, mostly affecting the 2nd (octreotide, lanreotide), or 5th (pasireotide) subtypes of the somatostatin receptors, selective dopamine agonists (cabergoline), and growth hormone receptor antagonist (pegvisomant) into wide clinical practice patients received a great opportunity to achieve a stable biochemical control of acromegaly regardless of secretory activity and receptor phenotype of the tumor tissue. The present paper reveals the mechanisms of action and the characteristics of the most common pharmacological agents, as well as the indications for their use in the combined treatment of acromegaly. It discusses the topic of therapeutic benefit with resistance to somatostatin analogues of the 1st generation. The results of a multicenter randomized clinical trials on the effectiveness and safety of somatostatin analogs, as well as current international recommendations of optimal schemes of therapeutic benefit in acromegaly are also presented here. It stressed the need for a differentiated approach to the treatment based on the clinical and pathological features of somatotropinoms and the individual sensitivity of patients to drugs used.https://www.med-sovet.pro/jour/article/view/5494acromegalymedical treatmentsomatostatin analoguesindividual sensitivity
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Modern methods of medical treatment of acromegaly
Медицинский совет
acromegaly
medical treatment
somatostatin analogues
individual sensitivity
title Modern methods of medical treatment of acromegaly
title_full Modern methods of medical treatment of acromegaly
title_fullStr Modern methods of medical treatment of acromegaly
title_full_unstemmed Modern methods of medical treatment of acromegaly
title_short Modern methods of medical treatment of acromegaly
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topic acromegaly
medical treatment
somatostatin analogues
individual sensitivity
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