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    Input: Objective Few studies have determined the effects of more than 5–10 years of GH replacement  in adults on bone mineral content ( BMC ) and bone mineral density ( BMD ) . Design / patients In this prospect i ve , single-centre , open-label study , the effects of 15 years of GH replacement on BMC and BMD , measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry , were determined in 126 hypopituitary adults ( 72 men ) with adult-onset GH deficiency ( GHD ) . Mean age was 49.4 ( range 22–74 ) years at the initiation of the study . Results The mean initial GH dose of 0.63 ( s.e.m . 0.03 ) mg/day was gradually lowered to 0.41 ( 0.01 ) mg/day after 15 years . The mean serum IGF1 SDS increased from −1.69 ( 0.11 ) at baseline to 0.63 ( 0.16 ) at the study end ( P<0.001 vs baseline ) . The 15 years of GH replacement induced a sustained increase in total body BMC ( + 5 % , P<0.001 ) and BMD ( + 2 % , P<0.001 ) . Lumbar ( L2–L4 ) spine BMC increased by 9 % ( P<0.001 ) and BMD by 5 % ( P<0.001 ) . In femur neck , a peak increase in BMC and BMD of 7 and 3 % , respectively , was observed after 7 years ( both P<0.001 ) . After 15 years , femur neck BMC was 5 % above the baseline value ( P<0.01 ) , whereas femur neck BMD had returned to the baseline level . In most variables , men had a more marked response to GH replacement than women . Conclusions Fifteen-year GH replacement in GHD adults induced a sustained increase in total body and lumbar ( L2–L4 ) spine BMC and BMD . In femur neck , BMC and BMD peaked at 7 years and then decreased towards baseline values Context : In clinical practice , the safety profile of GH replacement therapy for GH-deficient adults compared with no replacement therapy is unknown . Objective : The objective of this study was to compare adverse events ( AEs ) in GH-deficient adults who were GH-treated with those in GH-deficient adults who did not receive GH replacement .  Design and Setting : This was a prospect i ve observational study in the setting of US clinical practice s. Patients and Outcome Measures : AEs were compared between GH-treated ( n = 1988 ) and untreated ( n = 442 ) GH-deficient adults after adjusting for baseline group differences and controlling the false discovery rate . The st and ardized mortality ratio was calculated using US mortality rates . Results : After a mean follow-up of 2.3 years , there was no significant difference in rates of death , cancer , intracranial tumor growth or recurrence , diabetes , or cardiovascular events in GH-treated compared with untreated patients . The st and ardized mortality ratio was not increased in either group . Unexpected AEs ( GH-treated vs untreated , P ≤ .05 ) included insomnia ( 6.4 % vs 2.7 % ) , dyspnea ( 4.2 % vs 2.0 % ) , anxiety ( 3.4 % vs 0.9 % ) , sleep apnea ( 3.3 % vs 0.9 % ) , and decreased libido ( 2.1 % vs 0.2 % ) . Some of these AEs were related to baseline risk factors ( including obesity and cardiopulmonary disease ) , higher GH dose , or concomitant GH side effects . Conclusions : In GH-deficient adults , there was no evidence for a GH treatment effect on death , cancer , intracranial tumor recurrence , diabetes , or cardiovascular events , although the follow-up period was of insufficient duration to be conclusive for these long-term events . The identification of unexpected GH-related AEs reinforces the fact that patient selection and GH dose titration are important to ensure safety of adult GH replacement We recently observed that among patients with GH deficiency due to adult-onset hypopituitarism , men responded with a greater increase in serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I ( IGF-I ) and biochemical markers of bone metabolism than women when the same dose of recombinant human GH ( rhGH ) per body surface area was administered for 9 months . In the present study , 33 of the 36 patients in the previous trial ( 20 men and 13 women ) continued therapy for up to 45 months . The dose of rhGH was adjusted according to side-effects and to maintain serum IGF-I within the physiological range . This result ed in a significant dose reduction in the men ; consequently , the women received twice as much rhGH as the men ( mean + /- SD , 1.9 + /- 1.1 vs. 1.0 + /- 0.6 U/day ; P < 0.01 ) . The increases in serum IGF-I levels and serum biochemical markers of bone metabolism were similar in men and women with these doses . The total bone mineral content ( BMC ) was increased after 33 and 45 months of treatment up to 5.1 % ( P = 0.004 and 0.0001 ) . Bone mineral density ( BMD ) , BMC , and the area of the femoral neck and the lumbar spine were also significantly increased after 33 and 45 months of treatment . When analyzed by gender , total body BMC , femoral neck BMD and BMC , and spinal BMC were significantly increased in males , but not in females ( P < 0.05 - 0.01 ) . In conclusion , rhGH treatment continued to have an effect on bone metabolism and bone mass for up to 45 months of therapy . The changes in bone mass were greater in the men , although they received lower doses of rhGH than the women . The results indicate that the sensitivity to GH in adult patients with GH deficiency is gender dependent BACKGROUND Four retrospective studies have reported premature mortality in patients with hypopituitarism with st and ard mortality ratios ( SMRs ) varying between 1.20 and 2.17 . Patients with hypopituitarism have complex endocrine deficiencies , and the mechanisms underpinning any excess mortality are unknown . Furthermore , the suggestion has emerged that endogenous growth-hormone deficiency might account for any excess mortality . We aim ed to clarify these issues by doing a large prospect i ve study of total and specific-cause mortality in patients with hypopituitarism . METHODS We followed up 1014 UK patients ( 514 men , 500 women ) with hypopituitarism from January , 1992 , to January , 2000 . 573 ( 57 % ) patients had non-functioning adenomas , 118 ( 12 % ) craniopharyngiomas , and 93 ( 9 % ) prolactinomas .  SMRs were calculated as the ratio of observed deaths to the number of deaths in an age-matched and sex-matched UK population . FINDINGS The number of observed deaths was 181 compared with the 96.7 expected ( SMR 1.87 [ 99 % CI 1.62 - 2.16 ] , p<0.0001 ) . Univariate analysis indicated that mortality was higher in women ( 2.29 [ 1.86 - 2.82 ] ) than men ( 1.57 [ 1.28 - 1.93 ] , p=0.002 ) , in younger patients , in patients with an underlying diagnosis of craniopharyngioma ( 9.28 [ 5.84 - 14.75 ] vs 1.61 [ 1.30 - 1.99 ] , p<0.0001 ) , and in the 353 patients treated with radiotherapy ( 2.32 [ 1.71 - 3.14 ] vs 1.66 [ 1.30 - 2.13 ] , p=0.004 ) . Excess mortality was attributed to cardiovascular ( 1.82 [ 1.30 - 2.54 ] , p<0.0001 ) , respiratory ( 2.66 [ 1.72 - 4.11 ] , p<0.0001 ) , and cerebrovascular ( 2.44 [ 1.58 - 4.18 ] , p<0.0001 ) causes . There was no effect of hormonal deficiency on mortality , except for gonadotropin deficiency , which , if untreated was associated with excess mortality ( untreated 2.97 [ 2.13 - 4.13 ] vs treated 1.42 [ 0.97 - 2.07 ] , p<0.0001 ) . Multiple regression analyses identified age at diagnosis , sex , a diagnosis of craniopharyngioma , and untreated gonadotropin deficiency as independent significant factors affecting mortality . INTERPRETATION Patients with hypopituitarism have excess mortality , predominantly from vascular and respiratory disease . Age at diagnosis , female sex , and above all , craniopharyngioma were significant independent risk factors . Specific endocrine-axis deficiency , with the exception of untreated gonadotropin deficiency , does not seem to have a role OBJECTIVE Hypopituitary GH-deficient patients have an increased cardiovascular mortality and GH replacement in this population has result ed in considerable therapeutic benefit . GH replacement involves administration of a potentially mitogenic substance to patients with a previous or residual pituitary tumour . Our objective was to evaluate whether GH replacement results in an increase in the size of pituitary tumours . METHODS This was a non-r and omised observational study on patients recruited from the endocrine clinic . All subjects had GH deficiency , proven on an insulin tolerance test and were divided into those who were or were not receiving long-term GH replacement .  Comparison of change in pituitary size was made with interval radiological imaging of the pituitary . RESULTS Seventy-five patients ( 40 men and 35 women ) were in the study , 47 were on long-term GH replacement and there were 28 controls . The average length of treatment for the treated group was 3.6 patient years . Thirty-nine patients in the treated group had at least 2 years of GH treatment between imaging studies of the pituitary . Two patients in the treated group had an increase in pituitary size ( non-functioning adenomas ) and two in the control group ( one functioning and one non-functioning adenoma adenoma ) . None of these four patients required further treatment . There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups . CONCLUSION Using a representative cohort of hypopituitary patients attending an endocrine clinic , GH replacement was not associated with an increased pituitary tumour recurrence rate . Although the results are not conclusive , in the period of observation GH had little adverse effect but longer studies are required to be certain OBJECTIVE Adult growth hormone deficiency ( AGHD ) is characterized by abnormalities in body composition and a poor perceived quality of life ( QoL ) . Weight‐based high‐dose growth hormone replacement ( GHR ) results in improvements in body composition and QoL in AGHD . However , a high patient percentage reported side‐effects on high‐dose GHR result ing in a high rate of patient withdrawal from growth hormone ( GH ) treatment . High‐dose GH therapy also leads to supraphysiological serum insulin‐like growth factor‐I ( IGF‐I ) concentrations that have been associated with breast and prostate cancer , raising major concerns over the use of such high‐dose GH regimen in AGHD . The aim of this study was to assess the effects of low‐dose growth hormone replacement ( GHR ) on body composition and QoL as early as 1 and 3 months Abstract Background The French Safety and Appropriateness of Growth Hormone treatments in Europe ( SAGhE ) cohort has raised concern of increased mortality risk during follow-up into adulthood in certain patients who had received growth hormone ( GH ) treatment during childhood . The Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study monitored mortality and morbidity of adult GH-deficient patients including those with childhood-onset GH deficiency ( COGHD ) who received GH treatment as children . Purpose Evaluate risk of mortality , cancer , myocardial infa rct ion ( MI ) and stroke in a prospect i ve observational study . Methods COGHD patients [ n = 1,204 , including 389 diagnosed with idiopathic COGHD ( ICOGHD ) ] had received pediatric GH treatment .  St and ardized mortality ratios ( SMRs ) , and cancer st and ardized incidence ratios ( SIRs ) in patients without a prior cancer were estimated relative to reference population s. Crude incidence rates were estimated for MI and stroke . Results No increased mortality or cancer incidence was observed , as compared with reference population s , during a follow-up of 3.7 ± 3.3 years ( mean ± SD ) . The overall SMR for COGHD was 1.14 [ 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) 0.55–2.10 ] , and for ICOGHD , 0.33 ( 0.01–1.84 ) . The overall cancer SIR for COGHD was 0.27 ( 0.01–1.50 ) , and for ICOGHD , 0.00 ( 0.00–2 
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A positive effect of GH treatment on CVD and fracture risk could be concluded , but study design limitations have to be considered .
Stroke and secondary brain tumours remained more prevalent .
Regrowth and recurrences of (peri)pituitary tumours were not increased in patients with GH treatment compared to similar patients without GH treatment .
All fatal and nonfatal malignancies were not more prevalent in  GH-treated adults compared to the general population .
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    Input: Objective Few studies have determined the effects of more than 5–10 years of GH replacement  in adults on bone mineral content ( BMC ) and bone mineral density ( BMD ) . Design / patients In this prospect i ve , single-centre , open-label study , the effects of 15 years of GH replacement on BMC and BMD , measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry , were determined in 126 hypopituitary adults ( 72 men ) with adult-onset GH deficiency ( GHD ) . Mean age was 49.4 ( range 22–74 ) years at the initiation of the study . Results The mean initial GH dose of 0.63 ( s.e.m . 0.03 ) mg/day was gradually lowered to 0.41 ( 0.01 ) mg/day after 15 years . The mean serum IGF1 SDS increased from −1.69 ( 0.11 ) at baseline to 0.63 ( 0.16 ) at the study end ( P<0.001 vs baseline ) . The 15 years of GH replacement induced a sustained increase in total body BMC ( + 5 % , P<0.001 ) and BMD ( + 2 % , P<0.001 ) . Lumbar ( L2–L4 ) spine BMC increased by 9 % ( P<0.001 ) and BMD by 5 % ( P<0.001 ) . In femur neck , a peak increase in BMC and BMD of 7 and 3 % , respectively , was observed after 7 years ( both P<0.001 ) . After 15 years , femur neck BMC was 5 % above the baseline value ( P<0.01 ) , whereas femur neck BMD had returned to the baseline level . In most variables , men had a more marked response to GH replacement than women . Conclusions Fifteen-year GH replacement in GHD adults induced a sustained increase in total body and lumbar ( L2–L4 ) spine BMC and BMD . In femur neck , BMC and BMD peaked at 7 years and then decreased towards baseline values Context : In clinical practice , the safety profile of GH replacement therapy for GH-deficient adults compared with no replacement therapy is unknown . Objective : The objective of this study was to compare adverse events ( AEs ) in GH-deficient adults who were GH-treated with those in GH-deficient adults who did not receive GH replacement .  Design and Setting : This was a prospect i ve observational study in the setting of US clinical practice s. Patients and Outcome Measures : AEs were compared between GH-treated ( n = 1988 ) and untreated ( n = 442 ) GH-deficient adults after adjusting for baseline group differences and controlling the false discovery rate . The st and ardized mortality ratio was calculated using US mortality rates . Results : After a mean follow-up of 2.3 years , there was no significant difference in rates of death , cancer , intracranial tumor growth or recurrence , diabetes , or cardiovascular events in GH-treated compared with untreated patients . The st and ardized mortality ratio was not increased in either group . Unexpected AEs ( GH-treated vs untreated , P ≤ .05 ) included insomnia ( 6.4 % vs 2.7 % ) , dyspnea ( 4.2 % vs 2.0 % ) , anxiety ( 3.4 % vs 0.9 % ) , sleep apnea ( 3.3 % vs 0.9 % ) , and decreased libido ( 2.1 % vs 0.2 % ) . Some of these AEs were related to baseline risk factors ( including obesity and cardiopulmonary disease ) , higher GH dose , or concomitant GH side effects . Conclusions : In GH-deficient adults , there was no evidence for a GH treatment effect on death , cancer , intracranial tumor recurrence , diabetes , or cardiovascular events , although the follow-up period was of insufficient duration to be conclusive for these long-term events . The identification of unexpected GH-related AEs reinforces the fact that patient selection and GH dose titration are important to ensure safety of adult GH replacement We recently observed that among patients with GH deficiency due to adult-onset hypopituitarism , men responded with a greater increase in serum levels of insulin-like growth factor I ( IGF-I ) and biochemical markers of bone metabolism than women when the same dose of recombinant human GH ( rhGH ) per body surface area was administered for 9 months . In the present study , 33 of the 36 patients in the previous trial ( 20 men and 13 women ) continued therapy for up to 45 months . The dose of rhGH was adjusted according to side-effects and to maintain serum IGF-I within the physiological range . This result ed in a significant dose reduction in the men ; consequently , the women received twice as much rhGH as the men ( mean + /- SD , 1.9 + /- 1.1 vs. 1.0 + /- 0.6 U/day ; P < 0.01 ) . The increases in serum IGF-I levels and serum biochemical markers of bone metabolism were similar in men and women with these doses . The total bone mineral content ( BMC ) was increased after 33 and 45 months of treatment up to 5.1 % ( P = 0.004 and 0.0001 ) . Bone mineral density ( BMD ) , BMC , and the area of the femoral neck and the lumbar spine were also significantly increased after 33 and 45 months of treatment . When analyzed by gender , total body BMC , femoral neck BMD and BMC , and spinal BMC were significantly increased in males , but not in females ( P < 0.05 - 0.01 ) . In conclusion , rhGH treatment continued to have an effect on bone metabolism and bone mass for up to 45 months of therapy . The changes in bone mass were greater in the men , although they received lower doses of rhGH than the women . The results indicate that the sensitivity to GH in adult patients with GH deficiency is gender dependent BACKGROUND Four retrospective studies have reported premature mortality in patients with hypopituitarism with st and ard mortality ratios ( SMRs ) varying between 1.20 and 2.17 . Patients with hypopituitarism have complex endocrine deficiencies , and the mechanisms underpinning any excess mortality are unknown . Furthermore , the suggestion has emerged that endogenous growth-hormone deficiency might account for any excess mortality . We aim ed to clarify these issues by doing a large prospect i ve study of total and specific-cause mortality in patients with hypopituitarism . METHODS We followed up 1014 UK patients ( 514 men , 500 women ) with hypopituitarism from January , 1992 , to January , 2000 . 573 ( 57 % ) patients had non-functioning adenomas , 118 ( 12 % ) craniopharyngiomas , and 93 ( 9 % ) prolactinomas .  SMRs were calculated as the ratio of observed deaths to the number of deaths in an age-matched and sex-matched UK population . FINDINGS The number of observed deaths was 181 compared with the 96.7 expected ( SMR 1.87 [ 99 % CI 1.62 - 2.16 ] , p<0.0001 ) . Univariate analysis indicated that mortality was higher in women ( 2.29 [ 1.86 - 2.82 ] ) than men ( 1.57 [ 1.28 - 1.93 ] , p=0.002 ) , in younger patients , in patients with an underlying diagnosis of craniopharyngioma ( 9.28 [ 5.84 - 14.75 ] vs 1.61 [ 1.30 - 1.99 ] , p<0.0001 ) , and in the 353 patients treated with radiotherapy ( 2.32 [ 1.71 - 3.14 ] vs 1.66 [ 1.30 - 2.13 ] , p=0.004 ) . Excess mortality was attributed to cardiovascular ( 1.82 [ 1.30 - 2.54 ] , p<0.0001 ) , respiratory ( 2.66 [ 1.72 - 4.11 ] , p<0.0001 ) , and cerebrovascular ( 2.44 [ 1.58 - 4.18 ] , p<0.0001 ) causes . There was no effect of hormonal deficiency on mortality , except for gonadotropin deficiency , which , if untreated was associated with excess mortality ( untreated 2.97 [ 2.13 - 4.13 ] vs treated 1.42 [ 0.97 - 2.07 ] , p<0.0001 ) . Multiple regression analyses identified age at diagnosis , sex , a diagnosis of craniopharyngioma , and untreated gonadotropin deficiency as independent significant factors affecting mortality . INTERPRETATION Patients with hypopituitarism have excess mortality , predominantly from vascular and respiratory disease . Age at diagnosis , female sex , and above all , craniopharyngioma were significant independent risk factors . Specific endocrine-axis deficiency , with the exception of untreated gonadotropin deficiency , does not seem to have a role OBJECTIVE Hypopituitary GH-deficient patients have an increased cardiovascular mortality and GH replacement in this population has result ed in considerable therapeutic benefit . GH replacement involves administration of a potentially mitogenic substance to patients with a previous or residual pituitary tumour . Our objective was to evaluate whether GH replacement results in an increase in the size of pituitary tumours . METHODS This was a non-r and omised observational study on patients recruited from the endocrine clinic . All subjects had GH deficiency , proven on an insulin tolerance test and were divided into those who were or were not receiving long-term GH replacement .  Comparison of change in pituitary size was made with interval radiological imaging of the pituitary . RESULTS Seventy-five patients ( 40 men and 35 women ) were in the study , 47 were on long-term GH replacement and there were 28 controls . The average length of treatment for the treated group was 3.6 patient years . Thirty-nine patients in the treated group had at least 2 years of GH treatment between imaging studies of the pituitary . Two patients in the treated group had an increase in pituitary size ( non-functioning adenomas ) and two in the control group ( one functioning and one non-functioning adenoma adenoma ) . None of these four patients required further treatment . There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups . CONCLUSION Using a representative cohort of hypopituitary patients attending an endocrine clinic , GH replacement was not associated with an increased pituitary tumour recurrence rate . Although the results are not conclusive , in the period of observation GH had little adverse effect but longer studies are required to be certain OBJECTIVE Adult growth hormone deficiency ( AGHD ) is characterized by abnormalities in body composition and a poor perceived quality of life ( QoL ) . Weight‐based high‐dose growth hormone replacement ( GHR ) results in improvements in body composition and QoL in AGHD . However , a high patient percentage reported side‐effects on high‐dose GHR result ing in a high rate of patient withdrawal from growth hormone ( GH ) treatment . High‐dose GH therapy also leads to supraphysiological serum insulin‐like growth factor‐I ( IGF‐I ) concentrations that have been associated with breast and prostate cancer , raising major concerns over the use of such high‐dose GH regimen in AGHD . The aim of this study was to assess the effects of low‐dose growth hormone replacement ( GHR ) on body composition and QoL as early as 1 and 3 months Abstract Background The French Safety and Appropriateness of Growth Hormone treatments in Europe ( SAGhE ) cohort has raised concern of increased mortality risk during follow-up into adulthood in certain patients who had received growth hormone ( GH ) treatment during childhood . The Hypopituitary Control and Complications Study monitored mortality and morbidity of adult GH-deficient patients including those with childhood-onset GH deficiency ( COGHD ) who received GH treatment as children . Purpose Evaluate risk of mortality , cancer , myocardial infa rct ion ( MI ) and stroke in a prospect i ve observational study . Methods COGHD patients [ n = 1,204 , including 389 diagnosed with idiopathic COGHD ( ICOGHD ) ] had received pediatric GH treatment .  St and ardized mortality ratios ( SMRs ) , and cancer st and ardized incidence ratios ( SIRs ) in patients without a prior cancer were estimated relative to reference population s. Crude incidence rates were estimated for MI and stroke . Results No increased mortality or cancer incidence was observed , as compared with reference population s , during a follow-up of 3.7 ± 3.3 years ( mean ± SD ) . The overall SMR for COGHD was 1.14 [ 95 % confidence interval ( CI ) 0.55–2.10 ] , and for ICOGHD , 0.33 ( 0.01–1.84 ) . The overall cancer SIR for COGHD was 0.27 ( 0.01–1.50 ) , and for ICOGHD , 0.00 ( 0.00–2 
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