Conditions: Acromegaly
Keywords: acromegaly octreotide acetate partial responder patients
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 28
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study evaluated the safety and efficacy of an increased frequency of octreotide acetate injections or an increase in dose in partially responsive acromegalic patients with persistently uncontrolled disease.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: Patients received octreotide 30 mg every 21 days intramuscularly (im) for 6 months, a total of 8 doses. At each study visit, octreotide was administered only after completion of all scheduled efficacy and safety evaluations for that visit. Octreotide was injected im into the right or left gluteal regions. The injections were initially administered by a trained and authorized member of the investigational team. When no study visit at the investigational site was required, the injections were given by a trained nurse or the family doctor. arm 2: Patients received octreotide 60 mg every 28 days intramuscularly (im) for 6 months, a total of 6 doses. Octreotide mg was administered as two 30 mg injections. At each study visit, octreotide was administered only after completion of all scheduled efficacy and safety evaluations for that visit. Octreotide was injected im into the right or left gluteal regions. The injections were initially administered by a trained and authorized member of the investigational team. When no study visit at the investigational site was required, the injections were given by a trained nurse or the family doctor.

Interventions: intervention 1: Octreotide acetate 30 mg suspension
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Each vial of study medication contained octreotide acetate 30 mg in a microencapsulated biodegradable polymer, poly (DL-lactide-co-glycolide) (D-(+)glucose), with 17% w/w mannitol in an approximate octreotide:polymer ratio of 1:20. The vehicle contained 0.5% sodium carboxymethylcellulose.

Protocol document: