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. 2013 Jan 13;17(1):13–21. doi: 10.1007/s11102-012-0460-2

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics of 166 patients at time of enrollment in SODA Study

Injection administered by
Patient always (n = 26) Partner always (n = 41) HCP always (n = 58) Combination/other (n = 41) All patients (n = 166)
Gender, % M/F 35/65 59/42 43/57 66/34 51/49
Mean age, years (range) 52 ± 12 (23–73) 52 ± 16 (22–84) 49 ± 17 (13–86) 49 ± 13 (25–73) 50 ± 15 (13–86)
Time since diagnosis, months (mean) 99 ± 77 65 ± 63 98 ± 117 96 ± 105 89 ± 98
Etiology of acromegaly, n (%)a
 Pituitary adenoma 26 (100) 41 (100) 56 (97) 40 (98) 163 (98)
 McCune-Albright syndrome 0 1 (2) 1 (2) 0 2 (1)
 Otherb 0 0 1 (2) 1 (2) 2 (1)
IGF-I level measuredc (n) 25 36 52 40 153
 High, n (%) 10 (40) 15 (42) 28 (54) 23 (58) 76 (50)
 Normal, n (%) 14 (56) 21 (58) 23 (44) 16 (40) 74 (48)
 Low, n (%) 1 (4) 0 1 (2) 1 (3) 3 (2)
 Unknown, n (%) 1 (4) 5 (12) 6 (15) 1 (3) 13 (8)
Peak glucose-suppression GH level (n) 6 4 6 8 24
 Median, ng/mL 1.1 0.7 2.5 2.0 1.8
 Trough GH ≤2.5 ng/mL, n (%) 5 (83) 3 (75) 3 (50) 5 (63) 16 (67)
 Trough GH ≤1 ng/mL, n (%) 3 (50) 3 (75) 2 (33) 3 (38) 11 (46)
Prior pituitary surgery, n (%) 24 (92) 29 (71) 44 (76) 36 (88) 133 (80)
Prior radiation therapy, n (%) 2 (8) 5 (12) 15 (26) 12 (29) 34 (20)
Prior medical therapy, n (%)d,e 20 (77) 28 (68) 45 (78) 30 (73) 123 (74)
 SSA 15 (58) 19 (46) 39 (67) 24 (59) 97 (58)
  Short-acting octreotide 0 1 (2) 12 (21) 2 (5) 15 (9)
  Long-acting octreotide 15 (58) 18 (44) 27 (47) 22 (54) 82 (49)
 Dopamine agonist 9 (35) 17 (42) 14 (24) 11 (27) 51 (31)
 Pegvisomant 5 (19) 2 (5) 12 (21) 9 (22) 28 (17)
 None (treatment-naïve) 2 (8) 7 (17) 5 (9) 5 (12) 19 (11)

Given the non-interventional nature of the study, not all datapoints are available for all patients

GH growth hormone, GHRH growth-hormone releasing hormone, IGF-I insulin-like growth factor-1, SSA somatostatin analog

aCategories are not mutually exclusive; two subjects were categorized as having a GH-secreting macroadenoma and a pituitary adenoma; one subject had a pituitary adenoma and McCune-Albright syndrome

bPituitary enlargement with high IGF-I, suggesting a probable GHRH-secreting pinealoma

cThe proportion of IGF-I samples analyzed centrally was 20 % at enrollment and 27 % at 12 months; the remaining samples were analyzed in local institutional laboratories. Values determined to be high, normal or low by investigator

dValues based on case report forms which did not identify patients using lanreotide depot

eTherapies were not mutually exclusive