| Autor: |
Keisuke Miki, Ryoji Maekura, Noritoshi Nagaya, Masamitsu Nakazato, Hiroshi Kimura, Shinsuke Murakami, Shunsuke Ohnishi, Toru Hiraga, Mari Miki, Seigo Kitada, Kenji Yoshimura, Yoshitaka Tateishi, Yasuji Arimura, Nobuhiro Matsumoto, Masanori Yoshikawa, Kenichi Yamahara, Kenji Kangawa |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2012 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 5, p e35708 (2012) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1932-6203 |
| DOI: |
10.1371/journal.pone.0035708 |
| Popis: |
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary cachexia is common in advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), culminating in exercise intolerance and a poor prognosis. Ghrelin is a novel growth hormone (GH)-releasing peptide with GH-independent effects. The efficacy and safety of adding ghrelin to pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) in cachectic COPD patients were investigated. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: In a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, 33 cachectic COPD patients were randomly assigned PR with intravenous ghrelin (2 µg/kg) or placebo twice daily for 3 weeks in hospital. The primary outcomes were changes in 6-min walk distance (6-MWD) and the St. George Respiratory Questionnaire (SGRQ) score. Secondary outcomes included changes in the Medical Research Council (MRC) scale, and respiratory muscle strength. At pre-treatment, serum GH levels were increased from baseline levels by a single dose of ghrelin (mean change, +46.5 ng/ml; between-group p |
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