In neuroendocrine gastrointestinal tumors, Somatuline reduced elevated urinary 5-HIAA to 58% of baseline at 3 months.
In plain wordsIn neuroendocrine gastrointestinal tumors, Somatuline reduced urinary 5-HIAA to 58% of baseline at 3 months.
- Peptide
- Lanreotide
- Outcome
- DecreaseUrinary 5-HIAA at 3 months
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Cancer biomarkers and prognosis · Cancer
- Studied dose
- 12,000 mg/day in 4 divided injections · subcutaneous · 3 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Urinary 5-HIAA at baseline
- 444 mumol/day
- 13 patients with elevated level; mean
- Urinary 5-HIAA as percent of baseline
- 58%
- 3 months
Source sentences
U-5-HIAA, which was elevated in 13 patients with a mean of 444 mumol/day before the start, was reduced to 58% of baseline at 3 months, 68% at 6 months (p = 0.04), 66% at 9 months and 75% at 12 months (p = 0.14).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
In an open pilot phase II study of 19 patients (mean age 58 years), patients were given high dose somatuline with a maintenance dose of 12,000 mg/day in 4 divided s.c. injections.