In patients with neuroendocrine tumors on stable lanreotide Autogel, efficacy did not differ between the self/partner injection block and the health care professional injection block.
In plain wordsIn tumor patients on lanreotide, treatment effect was similar whether injected by themselves or a partner or by a health care professional.
- Peptide
- Lanreotide
- Outcome
- No significant changeEfficacy by administration method
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Health care professional administration
- Outcome group
- Overall treatment effect · Whole body
Source sentences
There was no difference in efficacy or safety between the two administration blocks.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Of 62 eligible patients, 26 (42%) patients with neuroendocrine tumors treated with a stable dose of lanreotide Autogel 90 mg or 120 mg every 4 weeks agreed to participate in this Phase IV, international, open-label, crossover study, conducted at hospitals in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark.
Patients were randomized to two blocks, starting with administration of lanreotide Autogel by either self/partner or a health care professional.
In this study, Lanreotide was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Lanreotide.