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Long-Term Effects of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists and Add-Back in Adolescent Endometriosis.

ABSTRACT:

Study objective

To explore the potential occurrence of long-term side effects and tolerability of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) plus 2 different add-back regimens in adolescent patients with endometriosis.

Design

Follow-up questionnaire sent in 2016 to patients who participated in a drug trial between 2008 and 2012.

Setting

Tertiary care center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Participants

Female adolescents with surgically confirmed endometriosis (n = 51) who enrolled in a GnRHa plus add-back trial as adolescents.

Interventions

Leuprolide depot 11.25 mg intramuscular injection every 3 months, plus oral norethindrone acetate 5 mg daily or oral norethindrone acetate 5 mg daily and oral conjugated equine estrogens 0.625 mg daily.

Main outcome measures

Side effects during and after treatment, irreversible side effects, changes in pain, overall satisfaction.

Results

The response rate was 61% (25 of 41; 10 subjects could not be located). Almost all (24 of 25) reported side effects during treatment; 80% (16 of 21) reported side effects lasting longer than 6 months after stopping treatment. Almost half (9 of 20) reported side effects they considered irreversible, including memory loss, insomnia, and hot flashes. Despite side effects, participants rated GnRHa plus add-back as the most effective hormonal medication for treating endometriosis pain; two-thirds (16 of 25) would recommend it to others. More participants who received a modified 2-drug add-back regimen vs standard 1-drug add-back would recommend GnRHa and believed it was the most effective hormonal medication.

Conclusion

Subjects believed that GnRHa used with add-back was effective and would recommend it to others, despite significant side effects. Those who received 2-drug add-back reported more success than those who received standard add-back. A subset of patients reported side effects they consider to be irreversible.

SUBMITTER: Gallagher JS

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5997553 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Publications

Long-Term Effects of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists and Add-Back in Adolescent Endometriosis.

Gallagher Jenny Sadler JS Missmer Stacey A SA Hornstein Mark D MD Laufer Marc R MR Gordon Catherine M CM DiVasta Amy D AD

Journal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology 20180315 4

<h4>Study objective</h4>To explore the potential occurrence of long-term side effects and tolerability of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) plus 2 different add-back regimens in adolescent patients with endometriosis.<h4>Design</h4>Follow-up questionnaire sent in 2016 to patients who participated in a drug trial between 2008 and 2012.<h4>Setting</h4>Tertiary care center in Boston, Massachusetts.<h4>Participants</h4>Female adolescents with surgically confirmed endometriosis (n = 51) ...[more]

PMID: 29551430

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Project description:To assess whether add-back therapy with norethindrone acetate or norethindrone acetate plus conjugated equine estrogens is superior to maintain bone health in adolescents and young women using gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists for endometriosis. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonists are associated with deleterious effects on bone. Hormonal add-back may mitigate these effects.Adolescents and young women (n=51) received a random, double-blind assignment to add-back with norethindrone acetate (5 mg/day) plus conjugated equine estrogens (0.625 mg/day) or norethindrone acetate plus placebo for 12 months. Body composition, bone mineral content, and bone mineral density (BMD) were obtained by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry every 6 months. Quality-of-life measures were collected every 3 months. Intention-to-treat comparison of outcomes was conducted by repeated-measures analysis of variance.Thirty-four adolescents and young women completed the trial; dropouts did not differ from those who completed the trial. Bone mineral density was normal at baseline. At 12 months, total body bone mineral content and BMD had increased in the norethindrone acetate plus conjugated equine estrogens group (bone mineral content +37 g, P<.001 and BMD +0.012 g/cm, P=.05), but not in those receiving norethindrone acetate plus placebo (bone mineral content P=.19 and BMD P=.95). Lean mass increased only in those receiving conjugated equine estrogens (+1.4 kg, P=.001). Improvements in physical functioning domains of quality-of-life assessments were greater with norethindrone acetate plus conjugated equine estrogens (P=.005). No differences were seen at the hip or lumbar spine by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. No significant adverse events occurred.Hormonal add-back successfully preserved bone health and improved quality of life for adolescents and young women with endometriosis during 12 months of gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist therapy. Combination norethindrone acetate plus conjugated equine estrogens add-back appears to be more effective for increasing total body bone mineral content, areal BMD, and lean mass than norethindrone acetate monotherapy.ClinicalTrials.gov; www.clinicaltrials.gov, NCT00474851.I.

Dataset Information

Long-Term Effects of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists and Add-Back in Adolescent Endometriosis.

Study objective

Design

Setting

Participants

Interventions

Main outcome measures

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Long-Term Effects of Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists and Add-Back in Adolescent Endometriosis.

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