In long-term octreotide-treated acromegaly, an octreotide injection completely suppressed postprandial gallbladder contraction versus placebo.
In plain wordsIn acromegaly patients receiving long-term octreotide, an injection blocked gallbladder contraction after food versus placebo.
- Peptide
- Octreotide
- Outcome
- DecreasePostprandial gallbladder contraction
- Study
n = 5
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Receptor activity and mechanism · Gastrointestinal
- Studied dose
- 100 micrograms · subcutaneousAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
SMS completely suppressed the postprandial gallbladder contraction, despite a blunted, though still statistically significant, increase in plasma CCK from 1.6 +/- 0.2 pmol/L to an average of 3.7 +/- 1.7 pmol/L (P less than 0.01).
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The effects on gallbladder motility of long term treatment with the somatostatin analog SMS 201-995 (SMS) were studied in five patients with acromegaly treated for 6-32 months with 200-300 micrograms SMS daily.
SMS (100 micrograms) or placebo was injected sc 45 min before a standard breakfast.