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Basic Information
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NOT_YET_RECRUITING
NA
12 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2024-09-01
2026-03-01
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Both AAs and proteins affect GH secretion. AAs stimulate GH secretion upon oral administration, with different potency among studies, being the combination of arginine and lysine the most powerful. Soy proteins also stimulate GH secretion when ingested either as hydrolysed proteins or free AAs. Furthermore, the acute GH response to AAs ingestion may be influenced by the daily amount of dietary protein/AAs consumption: diets high in proteins apparently increase basal GH levels.
AAs and proteins have a positive effect on IGF-I secretion as well. In general, high levels of proteins, especially animal and dairy proteins, and consumption of branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) increase serum IGF-I levels.
Considering pathological GH conditions, metabolomic analysis of acromegalic patients suggests that the main metabolic fingerprint of GH hypersecretion is a reduction in BCAAs, related to the disease activity. Moreover, there is evidence that GH, rather than IGF-I, is the main mediator of such metabolic fingerprint, which may be related to increased uptake of BCAAs by the muscles, increased gluconeogenesis, and raised consumption of BCAAs.
Thus, in acromegaly, a tailored diet is a further strategy that may contribute to blunt GH/IGF-I secretion. Indeed, some authors recently suggested that "personalized" or "precision" nutrition in some conditions and diseases could have an impact on their phenotype, combining dietary recommendations with individual's genetic makeup, metabolic and microbiome characteristics, and environment. However, studies on precision nutrition in acromegaly are still in a neonatal era.
Conditions
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Study Design
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SINGLE_GROUP
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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Acromegalic adult in therapy with somatostatin analogues
Patients will continue the usual medical outpatient visits cadency and will keep the same pharmacological therapy throughout the whole duration of the study. Drugs have to include somatostatin analogues. At the same time, patients will be trained by an expert dietician in the habit of an isocaloric and hypoproteic diet and will come back at 2,4,6 and 8 weeks after T0 for all the necessary study assessments and compliance checking.
Usual clinical practice + hypoproteic diet
Diet will be composed by:
* energy equal to daily energy expenditure (estimated by indirect calorimetry \* physical activity factor)
* fats 28-35%
* carbohydrates 50-60%
* proteins 0,7-0,8g/kg of body weight 10-13% Diet will be given to the patient after the first visit and the study will start once the patient begins the diet.
Interventions
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Usual clinical practice + hypoproteic diet
Diet will be composed by:
* energy equal to daily energy expenditure (estimated by indirect calorimetry \* physical activity factor)
* fats 28-35%
* carbohydrates 50-60%
* proteins 0,7-0,8g/kg of body weight 10-13% Diet will be given to the patient after the first visit and the study will start once the patient begins the diet.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Diagnosis of Acromegaly
* In therapy with somatostatin analogues
Exclusion Criteria
* alchool or drugs abuse
* cancer
* Hematological diseases
18 Years
65 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Maggiore della Carita
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Flavia Prodam
Associated Prof. in Clinical Nutrition and MD
Locations
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: Italy Pediatric Endocrine Service of AOU Maggiore della Carità of Novara; SCDU of Pediatrics, Department of Health Sciences, University of Eastern Piedmont
Novara, , Italy
Countries
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References
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Caputo M, Pigni S, Agosti E, Daffara T, Ferrero A, Filigheddu N, Prodam F. Regulation of GH and GH Signaling by Nutrients. Cells. 2021 Jun 2;10(6):1376. doi: 10.3390/cells10061376.
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van Vught AJ, Nieuwenhuizen AG, Brummer RJ, Westerterp-Plantenga MS. Effects of oral ingestion of amino acids and proteins on the somatotropic axis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2008 Feb;93(2):584-90. doi: 10.1210/jc.2007-1784. Epub 2007 Nov 20.
Sellini M, Fierro A, Marchesi L, Manzo G, Giovannini C. [Behavior of basal values and circadian rhythm of ACTH, cortisol, PRL and GH in a high-protein diet]. Boll Soc Ital Biol Sper. 1981 May 15;57(9):963-9. Italian.
Levine ME, Suarez JA, Brandhorst S, Balasubramanian P, Cheng CW, Madia F, Fontana L, Mirisola MG, Guevara-Aguirre J, Wan J, Passarino G, Kennedy BK, Wei M, Cohen P, Crimmins EM, Longo VD. Low protein intake is associated with a major reduction in IGF-1, cancer, and overall mortality in the 65 and younger but not older population. Cell Metab. 2014 Mar 4;19(3):407-17. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2014.02.006.
Allen NE, Appleby PN, Davey GK, Kaaks R, Rinaldi S, Key TJ. The associations of diet with serum insulin-like growth factor I and its main binding proteins in 292 women meat-eaters, vegetarians, and vegans. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002 Nov;11(11):1441-8.
Hoppe C, Udam TR, Lauritzen L, Molgaard C, Juul A, Michaelsen KF. Animal protein intake, serum insulin-like growth factor I, and growth in healthy 2.5-y-old Danish children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2004 Aug;80(2):447-52. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/80.2.447.
Romo Ventura E, Konigorski S, Rohrmann S, Schneider H, Stalla GK, Pischon T, Linseisen J, Nimptsch K. Association of dietary intake of milk and dairy products with blood concentrations of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) in Bavarian adults. Eur J Nutr. 2020 Jun;59(4):1413-1420. doi: 10.1007/s00394-019-01994-7. Epub 2019 May 14.
Beasley JM, Gunter MJ, LaCroix AZ, Prentice RL, Neuhouser ML, Tinker LF, Vitolins MZ, Strickler HD. Associations of serum insulin-like growth factor-I and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein 3 levels with biomarker-calibrated protein, dairy product and milk intake in the Women's Health Initiative. Br J Nutr. 2014 Mar 14;111(5):847-53. doi: 10.1017/S000711451300319X. Epub 2013 Oct 7.
Li R, Ferreira MP, Cooke MB, La Bounty P, Campbell B, Greenwood M, Willoughby DS, Kreider RB. Co-ingestion of carbohydrate with branched-chain amino acids or L-leucine does not preferentially increase serum IGF-1 and expression of myogenic-related genes in response to a single bout of resistance exercise. Amino Acids. 2015 Jun;47(6):1203-13. doi: 10.1007/s00726-015-1947-8. Epub 2015 Mar 5.
Coopmans EC, Berk KAC, El-Sayed N, Neggers SJCMM, van der Lely AJ. Eucaloric Very-Low-Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet in Acromegaly Treatment. N Engl J Med. 2020 May 28;382(22):2161-2162. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc1915808. No abstract available.
Other Identifiers
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CE 008/22
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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