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. 2016 Dec 19;40(2):153–167. doi: 10.1007/s40264-016-0486-x

Table 3.

Overview of somatostatin trials in ADPKD and/or ADPLD patients and reporting of cyst infection and other inflammatory complications

Author, year Design (allocation) Duration Intervention Population Inclusion criteria Endpoints Hepatic cyst infection
Placebo controlled
 Ruggenenti, 2005 [16] Randomized, placebo-controlled, cross-over trial 6 months i.m. octreotide-LAR 40 mg every 28 days 14 ADPKD (14 both intervention and placebo) ≥18 years of age; ADPKD diagnosis; serum creatinine < 3.0 mg/dL, but > 1.2 mg/dL (men) or > 1.0 mg/dL (women) TKV; kidney cystic volume; kidney parenchyma volume; eGFR; safety N/A
 Keimpema, 2009 [17] Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (1:1) 24 weeks s.c. lanreotide 120 mg every 28 days 32 ADPKD/22 ADPLD (27 intervention, 27 placebo) ≥18 years of age; > 20 hepatic cysts TLV; TKV; gastrointestinal symptoms (gastrointestinal-questionnaire); HRQoL (SF-36); safety N/A
 Hogan, 2010 [18] Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (2:1) 1 year i.m. octreotide-LAR 40 mg every 28 days 34 ADPKD/8 ADPLD (28 intervention, 14 placebo) ≥18 years of age; severe hepatic cystic disease (> 4000 mL hepatic volume or symptomatic and no candidate or declining surgery) TLV; TKV; GFR; QoL (SF-36); safety One patient developed abdominal pain and fever
 Caroli, 2013 [9] Randomized, single-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial (1:1) 3 years i.m. octreotide-LAR 40 mg every 28 days 79 ADPKD (40 intervention, 39 placebo) >18 years of age; ADPKD; eGFR ≥ 40 (MDRD) TKV; total kidney cyst volume; non-cyst kidney volume; GFR; safety N/A
No placebo control group
 Chrispijn, 2012 [19] Open-label observational extension study of Keimpema 2009 6 months s.c. lanreotide 120 mg every 28 days 25 ADPKD/16 ADPLD (41 intervention) ≥18 years of age; > 20 hepatic cysts; previous participation in LOCKCYST TLV; TKV; gastrointestinal symptoms (gastrointestinal questionnaire), HRQoL (SF-36), safety N/A
 Hogan, 2012 [12] Open-label extension of trial Hogan, 2010 1 year i.m. octreotide-LAR 40 mg every 28 days 32 ADPKD, 9 ADPLD (41 intervention) ≥18 years of age; severe hepatic cystic disease (> 4000 mL hepatic volume or symptomatic and no candidate or declining surgery); previous participation in trial Hogan, 2010 TLV; TKV; GFR; QoL (SF-36); safety One hepatic cyst infection
Chrispijn, 2013 [20] Randomized controlled, trial 48 weeks i.m. everolimus 2.5 mg daily + i.m. octreotide 40 mg every 28 days compared with octreotide monotherapy 15 ADPKD, 29 ADPLD, (23 octreotide monotherapy, 21 octreotide/everolimus) Between 18 and 70 years of age; TLV > 2500 mL hepatic; symptomatic PLD (ECOG-PS ≥ 1 and ≥ 3 PLD symptoms) TLV; TKV; gastrointestinal symptoms (gastrointestinal questionnaire); HRQoL (EQ-5D); safety One suspicion of cyst infection. One patient developed anemia, malaise, fever, ascites, and abdominal pain
 Higashihara, 2015 [21] Observational trial 24 weeks i.m. octreotide-LAR 40 mg every 28 days 4 ADPKD (intervention) Between 20 and 60 years of age; ADPKD; eGFR ≥ 45 (IDMS-MDRD); TKV ≥ 1000 mL and TLV ≥ 3000 mL TKV; TLV; GFR; safety N/A
 Gevers, 2015 [13] Observational trial 24 weeks s.c. lanreotide 120 mg every 28 days 43 ADPKD (intervention) Between 18 and 70 years of age; eGFR > 30 (MDRD); ADPKD with symptomatic (ECOG-PS ≥ 1 and ≥ 3 PLD symptoms) PLD (Gigot type II or III) TLV; TKV; GFR; gastrointestinal symptoms (gastrointestinal questionnaire); HRQoL (EQ-5D); safety One patient with hepatic cyst infection. Two patients with the suspicion of hepatic or renal cyst infection
 Hogan, 2015 Open-label observational extension study of Hogan 2012 2 years i.m. octreotide-LAR 40 mg every 28 days 28 ADPKD
(intervention)
≥18 years of age; severe hepatic cystic disease (> 4000 mL hepatic volume or symptomatic and no candidate or declining surgery); previous participation in trial Hogan, 2012 TLV; TKV; GFR; QoL (SF-36); safety One patient with hepatic cyst infection
 Temmerman, 2015 Observational trial 6 (n = 59) or 18 months(n = 51) s.c. lanreotide 90 mg every 28 days for 6 months, patients with reduction in TLV > 100 mL OR non-responders continued another 18 months 51 ADPKD, 8 ADPLD (intervention) ≥18 years of age; symptomatic PLD with hepatomegaly due to ADPKD or ADPLD TLV; symptoms; nutritional status; TKV; GFR N/A
 Treille, 2014 Case report 6 (n = 2), 12 (n = 2) or 18 (n = 2) months s.c. lanreotide 120 mg every 28 days 6 ADPKD (intervention) eGFR > 30 (MDRD) TKV; TLV; eGFR N/A

ADPKD autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease, ADPLD autosomal dominant polycystic liver disease, ECOG-PS Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status, eGFR estimated glomerular filtration rate, EQ-5D EuroQol five dimensions questionnaire, GFR glomerular filtration rate, HRQoL health-related quality of life, IDMS-MDRD Japanese coefficient of Modified Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry-Modification of Diet in Renal Disease, i.m. intramuscular, LAR long-acting release, MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease, N/A not available, PLD polycystic liver disease, QoL quality of life, SA somatostatin analog, s.c. subcutaneous, SF-36 Medical Outcomes Study Form 36, TKV total kidney volume, TLV total liver volume