title: Somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995 reduces serum IGF-I levels in patients with neoplasms potentially dependent on IGF-I.
abstract: Tumors of several organs have been shown to bear cell surface receptors for insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I), and to exhibit dependence on this mitogen for optimum proliferation both in vivo and in vitro. To investigate the feasibility of a novel form of endocrine therapy that would exploit such dependence, we treated 8 patients with non-endocrine solid tumours with the somatostatin analogue SMS 201-995, in an effort to reduce growth hormone-stimulated IGF-I production. Significant decreases in basal and arginine-stimulated serum growth hormone and serum IGF-I were noted. This approach deserves evaluation as a potentially useful form of palliative endocrine therapy for certain cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pollak
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Polychronakos
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Guyda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001120:Arginine; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D013006:Growth Hormone / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / Q000032:analysis* / Q000502:physiology; D007680:Kidney Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D015282:Octreotide / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D013002:Somatomedins / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D013002:Somatomedins; D007334:Insulin-Like Growth Factor I; D013006:Growth Hormone; D001120:Arginine; D015282:Octreotide