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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00616408
Date of registration: 05/02/2008
Primary sponsor: Federico II University
Public title: Prediction of Tumor Shrinkage in Acromegaly
Scientific title: Predictive Value of 3 Months Results on 12 Months Tumor Shrinkage After First-Line Octreotide-LAR Therapy in Patients With Acromegaly
Date of first enrolment: January 1997
Target sample size: 61
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00616408
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Retrospective  
Countries of recruitment
Italy
Contacts
Name:   Annamaria Colao, MD
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Affiliation:  University Federico II of Naples
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- No previous treatment for acromegaly

Exclusion Criteria:

- primary surgery

- concomitant hyperprolactinemia requiring combined somatostatin analogues and
dopamine-agonist treatment

- primary treatment with lanreotide



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Acromegaly
Intervention(s)
Drug: Octreotide-LAR
Primary Outcome(s)
GH and IGF-I age-normalized levels, percent GH and IGF-I suppression and percent tumor shrinkage after 3 months [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
baseline age, gender, estimated disease duration, GH and IGF-I levels, tumor size [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
NeuroendoUnit-8
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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