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Recovery of growth hormone secretion following cabergoline treatment of macroprolactinomas.

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OBJECTIVE:Cabergoline therapy normalizes prolactin levels and reduces the size of macroprolactinomas. However there are no data indicating whether cabergoline can normalize growth hormone secretion in patients who were growth hormone deficient at the time of diagnosis of a macroprolactinoma. SUBJECTS AND METHODS:We studied nine patients with biochemical and radiological evidence of a macroprolactinoma who were also growth hormone deficient (peak growth hormone response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia < 10 mU/l). Patients were assessed before and after cabergoline therapy to assess their growth hormone secretory status, IGF-I levels, cortisol response and change in tumour size. RESULTS:Treatment with cabergoline was associated with a significant reduction in prolactin concentration (74341 +/- 31939 mU/l vs. 265.9 +/- 86.3, P = 0.009). The mean change in peak growth hormone response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia was significantly greater following cabergoline therapy compared with pretreatment levels (33.5 +/- 11.8 mU/l vs. 4. 34 +/- 1.21 mU/l, P = 0.022). However IGF-I levels were not different after treatment when compared with baseline although a nonsignificant trend towards improvement was noted (24.2 +/- 3.97 nmol/l vs. 18.4 +/- 4.94 nmol/l, P = 0.058). The mean peak cortisol concentration was 407.7 +/- 64.1 nmol/l before treatment with a nonsignificant rise to 477.4 +/- 84.8 nmol/l, P = 0.813 after treatment. These changes were associated with a significant reduction in mean maximal tumour diameter (21.2 +/- 2.9 mm vs. 29.1 +/- 2.8 mm, P = 0.009). There was no significant difference in either prolactin concentration or tumour size pre- or post-treatment between those who recovered growth hormone secretion and those that did not. Six of the nine (67%) patients recovered a normal growth hormone response (> 10 mU/l) after cabergoline therapy. Those that remained growth hormone deficient after treatment were all panhypopituitary at baseline while those that recovered showed only partial anterior hypopituitarism. CONCLUSION:These data indicate that growth hormone secretion may recover following successful reduction of prolactin levels after cabergoline therapy for a mean of 22 months (range 6-28 months) in most but not all subjects with a macroprolactinoma. It is therefore advisable that individuals with a macroprolactinoma in whom growth hormone replacement therapy is being considered undergo repeat assessment of growth hormone secretion following medical treatment.

journal_name

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)

journal_title

Clinical endocrinology

authors

George LD,Nicolau N,Scanlon MF,Davies JS

doi

10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01137.x

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pub_date

2000-11-01 00:00:00

pages

595-9

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eissn

0300-0664

issn

1365-2265

pii

cen1137

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Recovery of growth hormone secretion following cabergoline treatment of macroprolactinomas.