Guidelines on the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly were published in February 2021 by the Pituitary Society in Pituitary. Acromegaly is abnormally high linear growth due to excessive action of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) that occurs after the growth plate cartilage fuses in adulthood. (Gigantism is the same disorder of IGF-1 but occurs while...
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Researchers offer hope for an oral, noninjectable treatment of acromegaly
THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY WASHINGTON– Adults who need medical maintenance treatment of the growth hormone disorder acromegaly respond well to an investigational oral form of the drug octreotide, investigators of the Chiasma OPTIMAL study reported. Results of the phase 3 randomized controlled clinical trial were accepted for presentation at ENDO 2020, the Endocrine Society’s annual meeting,...
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Acromegaly: Are You Missing the Signs?
Acromegaly is one of those diseases that immediately caught our attention when we first heard about it in medical school. We stared at the textbook pictures of big hands and coarse faces—maybe a very tall young man photographed next to a person of average height. We were led to believe that although acromegaly is a...