Medical Therapy with Pasireotide in Recurrent Cushing's Disease: Experience of Patients Treated for At Least 1 Year at a Single Center.

Subcutaneous (SC) injection of pasireotide, a somatostatin analog, is approved for the treatment of adults with Cushing's disease (CD) for whom pituitary surgery was unsuccessful or is not an option. We highlight the symptomatic and biochemical improvement of six patients with recurrent CD treated with pasireotide SC at a single center for at least 1 year. Patients were treated either through commercial use ( = 5) or through the Phase 3 trial ( = 1; http://ClinicalTrials.