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. 2019 Aug;10(4):674–687. doi: 10.21037/jgo.2019.03.11

Table 2. Tumor assessment on octreotide and reasons for transitioning to lanreotide.

Tumor assessment on octreotide and reasons for transitioning to lanreotide, N=91 n %
Radiologic assessment while being treated with long-acting octreotide monotherapy
   Yes 75 82.4
   No 11 12.1
   Unknown 5 5.5
Disease status at last radiologic assessment while being treated with long-acting octreotide monotherapy 75 100.0
   Nonprogressive disease 48 64.0
   Progressive disease 24 32.0
   Decrease in liver lesions 1 1.3
   Unknown 2 2.7
Reasons for transitioning from long-acting octreotide to lanreotide monotherapy
   Progressive disease (per clinician) 20 22.0
   Formulary change 14 15.4
   Patient preference 9 9.9
   Injection-site complications 1 1.1
   Insurance coverage 5 5.4
   Other 17 18.7
   Unknown 33 36.3
Composite disease status at end of long-acting octreotide treatment
   Nonprogressive disease 52 57.1
   Progressive diseasea 28 30.8
   Unknown 11 15.5

a, “Progressive disease” is comprised of patients who stopped treatment due to progressive disease and those with a “no” response to the question, “Did the patient have stable disease or responsive disease at the time of switching?” This does not account for patients who may have been determined to have progressive disease at the time of their last radiologic assessment while on octreotide.