ALLMedicine™ Acromegaly Center

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Study Description: Growth hormone excess is a rare and potentially lethal condition associated with hypersecretion of growth hormone (GH), usually by a pituitary tumor or hyperplasia. When it occurs prior to the complete fusion of growth plates, i...

Feb 2nd, 2023 - Acromegaly is a disease of growth hormone excess that results in enlargement of extremities, abnormal glucose and lipid metabolism, and gonadal disruption. Manifestations of the disease are insidious and typically lead to a diagnostic delay of 7-1...

Jan 30th, 2023 - This is an open-label, single treatment arm, multicenter study to assess the pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), safety, and tolerability of Debio 4126 in the treatment of participants with Acromegaly or Functioning Gastroenteropancreati...

Jan 29th, 2023 - Acromegaly (AC) and Cushing's disease (CD) increase morbidity and mortality due to cardio-metabolic alterations, and overall cause frailty in the affected patients, potentially making them more susceptible to infective diseases. However, up to now...

Jan 27th, 2023 - Study Description: Insulin is the key hormone responsible for regulating the level of glucose in plasma. In several disease states (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes, and acromegaly), the target cells are resistant to insulin action. Insulin resistan...

Feb 26th, 2016 - Hyperglycemia is a common feature associated with states of increased growth hormone secretion and glucocorticoid levels. The purpose of these guidelines is to assist clinicians and other health care providers to take evidence-based therapeutic de...

Feb 26th, 2014 - In March 2013, the Acromegaly Consensus Group met to revise and update guidelines for the medical treatment of acromegaly. The meeting comprised experts skilled in the medical management of acromegaly. The group considered treatment goals covering...

Aug 24th, 2011 - American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists medical guidelines for clinical practice for the diagnosis and treatment of acromegaly--2011 update.|2011|Katznelson L,Atkinson JL,Cook DM,Ezzat SZ,Hamrahian AH,|diagnosis,therapy,standards,trends,...

Jan 23rd, 2010 - AME Position Statement on clinical management of acromegaly.|2010|Cozzi R,Baldelli R,Colao A,Lasio G,Zini M,|diagnosis,economics,epidemiology,therapy,

Feb 12th, 2009 - The Acromegaly Consensus Group reconvened in November 2007 to update guidelines for acromegaly management. The meeting participants comprised 68 pituitary specialists, including neurosurgeons and endocrinologists with extensive experience treating...

Feb 3rd, 2023 - Study Description: Growth hormone excess is a rare and potentially lethal condition associated with hypersecretion of growth hormone (GH), usually by a pituitary tumor or hyperplasia. When it occurs prior to the complete fusion of growth plates, i...

Jan 30th, 2023 - This is an open-label, single treatment arm, multicenter study to assess the pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), safety, and tolerability of Debio 4126 in the treatment of participants with Acromegaly or Functioning Gastroenteropancreati...

Jan 27th, 2023 - Study Description: Insulin is the key hormone responsible for regulating the level of glucose in plasma. In several disease states (e.g., obesity, type 2 diabetes, and acromegaly), the target cells are resistant to insulin action. Insulin resistan...

Jan 20th, 2023 - The purpose of this trial is to assess the long-term safety of CAM2029 in patients with acromegaly. Patients will be administered CAM2029 subcutaneously once monthly during 12 months. Patients fulfilling trial NCT04076462 will be offered to contin...

Jan 12th, 2023 - Rationale: GH and IGF-1 are vital to growth and metabolism across the human lifespan. In disorders of GH/IGF-1 excess and deficiency and the many other disease processes that perturb these hormones, significant growth and metabolic abnormalities c...

Oct 4th, 2022 - In super-agers -- people 80 and older with exceptional episodic memory -- entorhinal cortex neurons were significantly larger compared with cognitively average peers and individuals 20-30 years younger. (Journal of Neuroscience) A multimodal pain ...

Jul 15th, 2022 - Men with type 2 diabetes are at higher risk for testosterone deficiency. And in turn, hypogonadism is commonly associated with metabolic syndrome or type 2 diabetes. However, this does not imply a specific need for action, as Stephan Petersenn, MD...

May 4th, 2022 - The FDA placed a clinical hold on Vertex's investigational diabetes cell therapy VX-880, saying the company didn't have enough evidence to support a treatment dose increase. (Fierce Biotech) A study from England found that surgeons who performed f...

Mar 8th, 2022 - Dr Douglas S. Paauw A 64-year-old woman is evaluated for fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with Clostridioides difficile 2 months ago and completed a 10-day course of vancomycin. Her stool toxin test is positive for Clostridio...

Mar 3rd, 2022 - A 64-year-old woman is evaluated for fever, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. She was diagnosed with Clostridioides difficile 2 months ago and completed a 10-day course of vancomycin.