Abstract:
:Three different forms of testosterone (T) replacement therapy were compared; they were the intramuscular injection of mixed testosterone esters 250 mg; the subcutaneous implantation of 6 X 100 mg pellets of fused testosterone; and the oral administration of testosterone undecanoate (TU) 80 mg twice daily. Six hypogonadal males were treated with oral TU for an eight week period, during which time serial serum hormonal estimations were performed over 10 h at the initiation and after four and eight weeks of therapy. Serum T levels showed marked variability both between subjects and within the same subject on different occasions. We attribute this to variability in absorption of TU, which is formulated in oleic acid. The overall mean T level calculated from the areas under the profiles of TU was 12.0 nmol/l. Hormone responses to injected T esters were studied in nine hypogonadal males. Serum T rose to supraphysiological peak concentrations (mean 71 nmol/l) 24-48 h after an injection, followed by an exponential decay to reach baseline concentrations after 2-3 weeks. The overall calculated mean T level in subjects receiving testosterone esters 250 mg every three weeks was 27.7 nmol/l. Subcutaneous implantation of testosterone in six hypogonadal men produced a gradual rise in serum T followed by a slow decline, with T levels remaining within the normal range for 4-5 months. The calculated overall mean T level over 21 weeks after implantation was 17.0 nmol/l. Serum oestradiol (E2) levels remained within the normal male range throughout the study periods on both TU and T implant therapy but showed a supraphysiological peak (mean 347 pmol/l) 24-48 h after a T injection. 5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone (DHT) levels appeared to parallel those of T on the three forms of therapy, with DHT:T ratios being highest for TU therapy. This was also true for the target organ metabolite 5 alpha-androstane-3 alpha,17 beta-diol. At the doses studied drug costs were similar for T implantation (every 5 months) and T ester injections (every 3 weeks), but were 7-8 times higher for TU (80 mg twice a day). We conclude that T implantation remains overall the most physiological form of androgen replacement therapy, is generally well accepted and attended by few side effects; TU may have a useful role in the initial phases of therapy.
journal_name
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)journal_title
Clinical endocrinologyauthors
Cantrill JA,Dewis P,Large DM,Newman M,Anderson DCdoi
10.1111/j.1365-2265.1984.tb03448.xsubject
Has Abstractpub_date
1984-08-01 00:00:00pages
97-107issue
2eissn
0300-0664issn
1365-2265journal_volume
21pub_type
杂志文章abstract:OBJECTIVE:Levothyroxine suppressive therapy (LT4-therapy), aimed at shrinking thyroid nodules is controversial. Despite evidence of limited effect and long-term side-effects, questionnaire surveys indicate widespread use. Our aim was to determine, in consecutive nontoxic goitre patients, the proportion ineligible for L...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03241.x
更新日期:2008-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::A personal series of 256 cases of acromegaly/gigantism seen over a 20-year period from 1963 is described. The insidious nature of the condition resulted in delay in diagnosis which was often made by a doctor when seeing the patient for an unrelated problem. Other features which commonly led to the diagnosis being made...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1987.tb00805.x
更新日期:1987-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Primary hyperparathyroidism and calcium supplementation have been linked to cardiovascular outcomes. The study objective was to examine plasma calcium as a predictor of cardiovascular disease in the general population, as results from previous cohort studies are conflicting. DESIGN, PARTICIPANTS AND MEASUREM...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/cen.12081
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::1 alpha, 25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol (1,25-(OH)2D3) has been measured in human serum by radioimmunoassay. The assay uses a high titre antiserum raised in sheep against 1,25-(OH)2D3-25-hemisuccinate, conjugated to bovine serum albumin. The sensitivity of the assay is 10 pg/tube. Other hydroxylated forms of vitamin D3 c...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1979.tb03068.x
更新日期:1979-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::The antigenicity of HCG was tested in twenty-three young healthy men receiving two different HCG preparations (A and B). Each subject received 5000 i.u. HCG intramuscularly daily for three consecutive days, followed by another course, 3 weeks later, of 5000 i.u. HCG injections daily for 3 days. Two of the fifteen subj...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1982.tb02762.x
更新日期:1982-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Alterations in protein expression of histone deacetylase 2 (HDAC2) have been demonstrated in various neoplasms, and lack of nuclear expression of HDAC2 has previously been shown in some human and canine corticotroph adenomas. This study aimed to examine HDAC2 expression in a Norwegian cohort of corticotroph ...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2010.03805.x
更新日期:2010-08-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We wished to develop optimal criteria for interpreting the single-dose overnight metyrapone test and to compare the diagnostic efficiency of the overnight and the standard 6-dose metyrapone tests for the differential diagnosis of ACTH-dependent Cushing's syndrome. DESIGN:Retrospective pilot study based on al...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.8170827.x
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:High overnight plasma growth hormone (GH) levels in insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) are reflected in both an increase in the GH pulse amplitude and elevated baseline GH concentrations. To determine whether these are a result of an increase in GH secretory episodes, we undertook deconvolution analys...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1993.tb00978.x
更新日期:1993-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:It has previously been shown that higher serum TSH is associated with increased thyroid cancer incidence and advanced-stage disease. In the healthy adult population, mean TSH increases with age. As age over 45 years is a known prognostic indicator for thyroid cancer, it is important to know whether higher TS...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03489.x
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/cen.13013
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2265.1996.8680879.x
更新日期:1996-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The possible relationship between plasma androgenic activity and acne vulgaris was investigated. Plasma testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) levels were determined in healthy girls during different stages of puberty, in healthy adult women and in women with acne vulgaris. Testosterone increase during p...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1982.tb00713.x
更新日期:1982-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The present study was performed to characterize the molecular heterogeneity of serum FSH in normal males and to investigate the possible influence of testosterone on serum FSH in androgen-deficient men before and during testosterone administration. DESIGN AND PATIENTS:Serum samples were taken at 10-minute in...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1993.tb01770.x
更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/cen.13127
更新日期:2016-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2265.1998.00585.x
更新日期:1998-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Changes in the excretion of urinary cyclic AMP, calcium and phosphate, and serum calcium, ionized calcium, and magnesium were studied after parathyroidectomy for primary hyperparathyroidism. Urinary cyclic AMP decreased rapidly and 8 of 11 patients had a significant reduction 1 h postoperatively, but changes in serum ...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1983.tb00581.x
更新日期:1983-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1988.tb03682.x
更新日期:1988-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::A late rise in serum GH occurs 3-5 h following oral glucose in man. In order to investigate the mechanisms through which this occurs we have studied the late GH rise after oral glucose during administration of a supramaximal dose of GHRH. In eight normal subjects, oral glucose (100 g) greatly enhanced the GH responses...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1990.tb00895.x
更新日期:1990-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:INTRODUCTION:Growth hormone deficiency is considered the most important factor determining skeletal fragility in hypopituitary patients. Osteoblasts and chondrocytes express growth hormone (GH) receptor. Two GH receptor isoforms (GHRi) have been identified: they differ for the presence/absence of a protein fragment enc...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/cen.13161
更新日期:2016-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1982.tb03175.x
更新日期:1982-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1986.tb03595.x
更新日期:1986-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1993.tb02420.x
更新日期:1993-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Results from studies on the effect of glucocorticosteroids on protein turnover in both rat and man have been conflicting. The aim of this study was to investigate the primary cause of muscle wasting in patients with Cushing's syndrome. DESIGN:Studies of whole body 1(-14)C-leucine turnover in patients with Cu...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1993.tb02414.x
更新日期:1993-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03231.x
更新日期:2008-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1987.tb01157.x
更新日期:1987-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:We determined the relationship of short-term changes in circulating insulin concentrations, resulting from an oral glucose load, to those in both sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 1 (IGFBP-1) and assessed the effect of a short-term low calorie diet on the level...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.1993.tb02378.x
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:The menopausal transition is characterized by increased body fat accumulation, including redistribution from peripheral to central fat depots. This distribution is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease that are linked to low-grade inflammation. We determined whether p...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04322.x
更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/cen.12096
更新日期:2013-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1046/j.1365-2265.2002.01520.x
更新日期:2002-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Lactation has been associated with suppression of some components of the neuroendocrine stress response. In humans, suppression of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has been demonstrated in response to both a psychological and an exercise challenge, but appears to be limited to a short period of time follow...
journal_title:Clinical endocrinology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1111/j.1365-2265.2004.02133.x
更新日期:2004-11-01 00:00:00