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DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-922040
© Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart · New York
Therapie mit Wachstumshormon bei Erwachsenen mit nachgewiesenem Wachstumshormon-Mangel nach den Kriterien der evidenzbasierten Medizin
Treatment of proven growth hormone deficiency in adults with recombinant human growth hormone according to evidence-based criteriaPublication History
eingereicht: 28.3.2005
akzeptiert: 8.9.2005
Publication Date:
04 November 2005 (online)

Die Anwendung von rekombinantem humanem Wachstumshormon bei Erwachsenen mit ausreichend dokumentiertem Wachstumshormonmangel stellt mittlerweile eine verbreitete, akzeptierte Therapie mit einer hohen Effektivität und Sicherheit dar. Während die Wachstumshormontherapie bei hypophysär bedingt kleinwüchsigen Kindern bereits seit langem eine etablierte Therapieoption ist, haben zahlreiche Studien, insbesondere während des letzten Jahrzehnts gezeigt, dass die Therapie mit Wachstumshormon bei Erwachsenen mit nachgewiesenem Mangelzustand positive Auswirkungen auf die Knochengesundheit, kardiale Funktion, Körperzusammensetzung, Lebensqualität, zahlreiche metabolische Effekte und die Kognition hat. Für wachstumshormondefiziente Erwachsene konnte die Effektivität und Sicherheit einer Wachstumshormontherapie in zahlreichen randomisierten, kontrollierten Studien, Anwendungsbeobachtungen, systematischen Reviews und ökonomischen Analysen bewiesen werden. Dies ist jedoch bei Personen ohne nachgewiesenen Wachstumshormonmangel (z. B. Doping, Anti-Aging) nicht der Fall. Die hier durchgeführte Analyse vorwiegend randomisierter, kontrollierter, prospektiver Studien bezieht sich ausschließlich auf die Therapie Erwachsener mit nachgewiesenem Wachstumshormonmangel.
Ziel dieses Literaturreviews ist es, die Effektivität und Sicherheit der Therapie mit rekombinantem Wachstumhormon aufzuzeigen, wobei speziell auf die Zielkriterien der verbesserten Lebensqualität, des Knochenstoffwechsels, der kardialen Funktionen, der metabolischen Effekte und der kognitiven Funktionen fokussiert wird; dies vor dem Hintergrund, dass es sich bei der Therapie mit rekombinantem Wachstumshormon im Erwachsenenalter auch um eine vergleichsweise hochpreisige Therapie handelt.
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