[HTML][HTML] Overcoming barriers to patient adherence: the case for developing innovative drug delivery systems

TH Baryakova, BH Pogostin, R Langer… - Nature Reviews Drug …, 2023 - nature.com
Poor medication adherence is a pervasive issue with considerable health and
socioeconomic consequences. Although the underlying reasons are generally understood …

Advances in differential diagnosis and management of growth hormone deficiency in children

C Hage, HW Gan, A Ibba, G Patti, M Dattani… - Nature Reviews …, 2021 - nature.com
Growth hormone (GH) deficiency (GHD) in children is defined as impaired production of GH
by the pituitary gland that results in growth failure. This disease might be congenital or …

[HTML][HTML] Usefulness and potential pitfalls of long-acting growth hormone analogs

KCJ Yuen, BS Miller, CL Boguszewski… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Daily recombinant human GH (rhGH) is currently approved for use in children and adults
with GH deficiency (GHD) in many countries with relatively few side-effects. Nevertheless …

Weekly somapacitan is effective and well tolerated in children with GH deficiency: the randomized phase 3 REAL4 trial

BS Miller, JC Blair, MH Rasmussen… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Context Somapacitan, a once-weekly reversible albumin-binding GH derivative, is evaluated
in children with GH deficiency (GHD). Objective To demonstrate efficacy and safety of …

[HTML][HTML] Efficacy, safety, quality of life, adherence and cost-effectiveness of long-acting growth hormone replacement therapy compared to daily growth hormone in …

C Mameli, M Orso, V Calcaterra, MG Wasniewska… - Pharmacological …, 2023 - Elsevier
We evaluated the efficacy, safety, adherence, quality of life (QoL) and cost-effectiveness of
long-acting growth hormone (LAGH) vs daily growth hormone (GH) preparations in the …

Weekly Somapacitan in GH Deficiency: 4-Year Efficacy, Safety, and Treatment/Disease Burden Results From REAL 3

L Sävendahl, T Battelino… - The Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Context Growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in children is currently treated with daily
injections of GH, which can be burdensome for patients and their parents/guardians …

Long-acting injectable PLGA/PLA depots for leuprolide acetate: successful translation from bench to clinic

SR Abulateefeh - Drug Delivery and Translational Research, 2023 - Springer
The excellent properties of polyesters combined with their ease of synthesis and
modification enabled their wide use in the pharmaceutical industry. This has been translated …

Effective GH replacement with once-weekly somapacitan vs daily GH in children with GHD: 3-year results from REAL 3

L Sävendahl, T Battelino… - The Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Context Current GH therapy requires daily injections, which can be burdensome.
Somapacitan is a long-acting GH derivative in development for treatment of GH deficiency …

[HTML][HTML] Safety of growth hormone (GH) treatment in GH deficient children and adults treated for cancer and non-malignant intracranial tumors—a review of research …

MCS Boguszewski, AA Cardoso-Demartini… - Pituitary, 2021 - Springer
Individuals surviving cancer and brain tumors may experience growth hormone (GH)
deficiency as a result of tumor growth, surgical resection and/or radiotherapy involving the …

[HTML][HTML] What do we do now that the long-acting growth hormone is here?

BS Miller - Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
In standard 52-week phase III clinical trials, once weekly lonapegsomatropin, somatrogon
and somapacitan have been found to yield non-inferior height velocities and similar safety …