Objective: Effects of GH replacement in patients with GH deficiency (GHD) after a cure for acromegaly so far have been poorly studied, although its prevalence among acromegalic patients may reach the 60%. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether metabolic parameters and quality of life are improved by GH replacement in patients with prior acromegaly and severe GHD. Design and Methods: This was a prospective study on 42GHDsubjects [22 men, mean age (SD): 48 10]: 10 acromegalics treated with recombinant human GH (group A), 12 acromegalics who refused treatment (group B), and 20 subjects operated for nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma on recombinant human GH (group C). Serum IGF-I levels, lipid profile, glucose levels (fasting and after an oral glucose tolerance test), glycosylated hemoglobin, insulin resistance (homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance index), anthropometric parameters (body mass index, waist circumference, body composition), and quality of life (Questions on Life Satisfaction-Hypopituitarism Z-scores) were evaluated at baseline and after 12 and 36 months. Results: At baseline, group B showed higher IGF SD score than group A and C, as well as better quality of life and higher post-oral glucose tolerance test glucose levels than group A. After 12-months, similarly in group A and C, the IGF-I SD score significantly increased, and body composition and lipid profile improved, without deterioration of glucose tolerance. Quality of life significantly improved too, and the baseline difference between group A and B disappeared. Results were confirmed after 36 months. Conclusions: In GHD acromegalic patients, GH therapy improved body composition, lipid profile, and quality of life as in patients with GHD due to nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma, without negative effects on glucose metabolism. GH replacement therapy should be considered in these patients, as in patients withGHDfrom other causes

GH replacement improves quality of life and metabolic parameters in cured acromegalic patients with growth hormone deficiency / C. Giavoli, E. Profka, E. Verrua, C. Ronchi, E. Ferrante, S. Bergamaschi, E. Sala, E. Malchiodi, A.G. Lania, M. Arosio, B. Ambrosi, A. Spada, P. Beck-Peccoz. - In: THE JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM. - ISSN 0021-972X. - 97:11(2012 Nov), pp. 3983-3988.

GH replacement improves quality of life and metabolic parameters in cured acromegalic patients with growth hormone deficiency

C. Giavoli
Primo
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E. Profka
Secondo
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E. Verrua;C. Ronchi;E. Ferrante;S. Bergamaschi;E. Sala;E. Malchiodi;A.G. Lania;M. Arosio;B. Ambrosi;A. Spada
Penultimo
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P. Beck-Peccoz
Ultimo
2012

Abstract

Objective: Effects of GH replacement in patients with GH deficiency (GHD) after a cure for acromegaly so far have been poorly studied, although its prevalence among acromegalic patients may reach the 60%. The aim of the study was to evaluate whether metabolic parameters and quality of life are improved by GH replacement in patients with prior acromegaly and severe GHD. Design and Methods: This was a prospective study on 42GHDsubjects [22 men, mean age (SD): 48 10]: 10 acromegalics treated with recombinant human GH (group A), 12 acromegalics who refused treatment (group B), and 20 subjects operated for nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma on recombinant human GH (group C). Serum IGF-I levels, lipid profile, glucose levels (fasting and after an oral glucose tolerance test), glycosylated hemoglobin, insulin resistance (homeostasis model assessment insulin resistance index), anthropometric parameters (body mass index, waist circumference, body composition), and quality of life (Questions on Life Satisfaction-Hypopituitarism Z-scores) were evaluated at baseline and after 12 and 36 months. Results: At baseline, group B showed higher IGF SD score than group A and C, as well as better quality of life and higher post-oral glucose tolerance test glucose levels than group A. After 12-months, similarly in group A and C, the IGF-I SD score significantly increased, and body composition and lipid profile improved, without deterioration of glucose tolerance. Quality of life significantly improved too, and the baseline difference between group A and B disappeared. Results were confirmed after 36 months. Conclusions: In GHD acromegalic patients, GH therapy improved body composition, lipid profile, and quality of life as in patients with GHD due to nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma, without negative effects on glucose metabolism. GH replacement therapy should be considered in these patients, as in patients withGHDfrom other causes
Growth Hormone Deficiency ; Acromegaly ; Quality of Life ; IGF-I ; insulin resistance ; lipid profile ; pituitary adenomas ; Growth Hormone Therapy
Settore MED/13 - Endocrinologia
nov-2012
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