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Pasireotide is the first medical therapy officially approved for the treatment of adult patients with Cushing’s disease (CD) who experienced a failure of pituitary surgery or are not candidates for surgery and require medical therapeutic intervention. The current study aimed at investigating the effects of long-term treatment with pasireotide (up to 24 months) on tumor mass in a group of patients...
Purpose Thyrotropin-secreting pituitary adenomas (TSHomas) represent a rare subtype of pituitary tumors. Neurosurgery (NCH) is still considered the first-line therapy. In this study we aimed to investigate the outcome of different treatment modalities, including first line somatostatin analogs (SSA) treatment, with a specific focus on neurosurgery-related complications. Methods We retrospectively...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of a 6-month treatment with lanreotide (LAN) (60–90 mg/month) alone and combined with cabergoline (CAB) (1.5-3 mg/week) in 10 acromegalic patients previously demonstrated to be poor responders to octreotide (OCT) (0.6 mg/day) alone and combined with quinagolide (CV) (0.6 mg/day). All patients had previously undergone unsuccessful surgery and none...
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