摘要
Background Little information about the current management of patients with thyroid-stimulating hormone （TSH）-secreting pituitary adenomas or about the usefulness of the somatostatin analogue octreotide was contained in the literature. This study aimed to report the efficacy and safety of the long-acting octreotide formulation in patients with TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas after incomplete surgery and octreotide treatment failure. Methods Fifteen patients with TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas （8 men and 7 women）, who previously underwent incomplete surgical resection and/or adjuvant radiotherapy （n=12） and failure of octreotide treatment （n=15）, followed between 2007 and 2010 in Beijing Tiantan Hospital were included in this study. All patients received 1- to 2-months of the long-acting octreotide formulation treatment after the above combination of treatment. Paired samples t-test was used to analysis the variables. Results After two-month duration of the long-acting octreotide formulation treatment, the mean serum free or unbound thyroxine （FT4） （（16.02±1.72） pmol/L） and free triiodothyronine （FT3） （（2.87±0.43） pmol/L） levels of 15 patients significantly decreased compared with those after octreotide-treatment （FT4, （35.36±7.42） pmol/L, P 〈0.001; FT3, （17.85±7.22） pmol/L, P 〈0.001）. Mean TSH levels stayed in the normal range after the long-acting octreotide formulation treatment （（0.72±0.21） mUlL） and were significantly lower than the pretreatment value （（5.27±1.04） mUlL, P 〈0.001）, post-surgery value （（3.37±0.31） mU/L, P 〈0.001） and post-octreotide-treatment value （（4.52±0.41） mU/L, P 〈0.001）. In these patients with TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas there was no evidence of tachyphylaxis. Conclusion The long-acting octreotide formulation may be a useful and safe therapeutic tool to facilitate the medical treatment of TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas in patients who underwent incomplete surgery or need long-term somatostatin analog therapy.
Background Little information about the current management of patients with thyroid-stimulating hormone （TSH）-secreting pituitary adenomas or about the usefulness of the somatostatin analogue octreotide was contained in the literature. This study aimed to report the efficacy and safety of the long-acting octreotide formulation in patients with TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas after incomplete surgery and octreotide treatment failure. Methods Fifteen patients with TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas （8 men and 7 women）, who previously underwent incomplete surgical resection and/or adjuvant radiotherapy （n=12） and failure of octreotide treatment （n=15）, followed between 2007 and 2010 in Beijing Tiantan Hospital were included in this study. All patients received 1- to 2-months of the long-acting octreotide formulation treatment after the above combination of treatment. Paired samples t-test was used to analysis the variables. Results After two-month duration of the long-acting octreotide formulation treatment, the mean serum free or unbound thyroxine （FT4） （（16.02±1.72） pmol/L） and free triiodothyronine （FT3） （（2.87±0.43） pmol/L） levels of 15 patients significantly decreased compared with those after octreotide-treatment （FT4, （35.36±7.42） pmol/L, P 〈0.001; FT3, （17.85±7.22） pmol/L, P 〈0.001）. Mean TSH levels stayed in the normal range after the long-acting octreotide formulation treatment （（0.72±0.21） mUlL） and were significantly lower than the pretreatment value （（5.27±1.04） mUlL, P 〈0.001）, post-surgery value （（3.37±0.31） mU/L, P 〈0.001） and post-octreotide-treatment value （（4.52±0.41） mU/L, P 〈0.001）. In these patients with TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas there was no evidence of tachyphylaxis. Conclusion The long-acting octreotide formulation may be a useful and safe therapeutic tool to facilitate the medical treatment of TSH-secreting pituitary adenomas in patients who underwent incomplete surgery or need long-term somatostatin analog therapy.
