Current Views on the Treatment of Acromegaly With Somatostatin Analogues

Abstract

Acromegaly is a disease with multiple organ failure. Furthermore, acromegaly is frequently accompanied by psychological disorders, with a significant decrease in the quality of life. Neurosurgical treatment (transsphenoidal adenomectomy) is recommended as first-line treatment for most patients with acromegaly. According to the recent guidelines, patients after surgery who failed to achieve biochemical control should receive pharmacotherapy. [1, 2, 6] If radical removal of somatotropinoma is unlikely (for an invasive tumor that spread outside the sella, 20 mm or more in size) and there are no strict indications for surgery, many global experts recommend somatostatin analogues as the first-line treatment, which are the absolute leaders among drugs for the treatment of acromegaly.