UTILIZZO:
Fa parte del modulo variabile. Si utilizza in dosaggi dell’ordine di 0,2-0,3 mg ripetuti più volte nel corso della settimana, compatibilmente con i valori pressori e glicemici, oppure in somministrazione settimanale di 1 mg depot.


CARATTERISTICHE FARMACOLOGICHE:
È un polipeptide di 24 aminoacidi del peso molecolare di 2933,57. L’ACTH o Corticotropina è un ormone prodotto dal lobo anteriore dell’ipofisi, la cui increzione è regolata dal Corticotrophin Releasing Factor, prodotto dall’ipotalamo. La liberazione dell’ACTH è incrementata dallo stress, dalle catecolamine e da bassi livelli plasmatici di cortisolo. È costituito da 39 aminoacidi del peso molecolare di 4.500. Il derivato sintetico dell’ACTH è generalmente impiegato nelle mesenchimopatie, artriti reumatoidi, artropatie psoriasiche, dermatomiositi, lupus eritematosi ed affezioni del tubo digerente come la colite ulcerosa. Trova applicazioni anche nella sindrome nefrosica, nelle fasi evolutive della sclerosi a placche, nell’edema cerebrale e nella stimolazione del surrene. Viene impiegato nel MDB come potenziatore degli effetti inibitori sul GH della somatostatina, nelle ipotensioni e per i suoi effetti antiflogistici e antidolorifici. È utilizzato anche come coadiuvante (nei modesti dosaggi consigliati) degli effetti di altri componenti del Metodo. Ha un ruolo positivo sul tono psichico; le controindicazioni e limiti all’impiego sono rappresentati dall’effetto ipertensivo, glicemizzante e ipokaliemico. È particolarmente indicato nelle neoplasie cerebrali in aggiunta o sostituzione di cortisonici, consentendo di controllare più agevolmente l’edema cerebrale con riduzione di effetti tossici. Trova indicazione anche nelle emopatie, soprattutto nella leucemia linfoide, nel linfoma di Hodgkin e non-Hodgkin e nelle gammopatie monoclonali.

 

Pubblicazioni Scientifiche associate:

 
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  • ACTH 1-17 effects in acute myeloid leukemia.
  • ACTH 1-17 effects in oncology.
  • Acquired prolactin deficiency (APD) after treatment for Cushing's disease is a reliable marker of irreversible severe GHD but does not reflect disease status.
  • Adrenocortical function in prostatic cancer patients: effects of orchidectomy or different modes of estrogen treatment on basal steroid levels and on the response to exogenous adrenocorticotropic hormone.
  • Adrenocortical hyperresponsiveness to corticotropin in polycystic ovary syndrome patients with adrenal androgen excess.
  • Adrenocorticotropic hormone-secreting adrenal pheochromocytoma: a case report.
  • Adrenocorticotropin-producing pulmonary tumorlets with lymph node metastasis.
  • Alteration of hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal glands axis in colorectal cancer patients.
  • Assessment and therapy of selected endocrine disorders.
  • Assessment of GH reserve before and after successful treatment of adult patients with Cushing's syndrome.
  • Assessment of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis in patients treated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy for childhood brain tumor.
  • Bilateral testicular adrenal rests after bilateral adrenalectomies in a cushingoid patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease.
  • Bilateral testicular masses in the scope of adrenogenital syndrome.
  • Change of serum adrenal androgens in prostatic cancer patients after bilateral orchidectomy or LHRH agonist treatment.
  • Changes of hypothalamus-pituitary hormones in patients after total removal of craniopharyngiomas.
  • Ciclofosfamide più somatostatina, bromocriptina, retinoidi, melatonina e ACTH nel trattamento dei linfomi non Hodgkin di basso grado in stadio avanzato: risultati di una sperimentazione di fase II.
  • Ciclofosfamide più somatostatina, bromocriptina, retinoidi, melatonina e ACTH nel trattamento dei linfomi non-Hodgkin di basso grado in stadio avanzato: risultati di una sperimentazione di fase II.
  • Clinical and molecular aspects of adrenocortical tumourigenesis.
  • Corticotroph carcinoma presenting as a silent corticotroph adenoma.
  • Critical size of residual adrenal tissue and recovery from impaired early postoperative adrenocortical function after subtotal bilateral adrenalectomy.
  • Crooke's cell adenoma of the pituitary: an aggressive variant of corticotroph adenoma.
  • Cushing's syndrome from ectopic production of corticotropin by a metastatic gastrinoma.
  • Diagnosis and surgical treatment of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone-producing pulmonary tumors accompanied by Cushing syndrome.
  • Dopamine receptor expression and function in corticotroph pituitary tumors.
  • Early adrenocortical recovery after glucocorticoid therapy in children with leukemia.
  • Ectopic Cushing's syndrome caused by an esthesioneuroblastoma.
  • Endocrine tumor of the uterine cervix.
  • Expression of CRF1 and CRF2 receptors in human cancers.
  • Ganglioglioma of the suprasellar region
  • Glucose action and adrenocortical biosynthesis in women with polycystic ovary syndrome.
  • Hypophyseal ACTH-cell carcinoma after several surgical interventions and radiotherapy.
  • Hypothalamic dysfunction after chemotherapy.
  • Hypothalamic hamartoma secreting corticotropin-releasing hormone. Case report.
  • Il Metodo Di Bella (relazione al Congr.Mondiale di Singapore)
  • Impaired adrenal function after glucocorticoid therapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
  • Incidentaloma of the thyroid.
  • Lack of neuroprotection by an ACTH (4-9) analogue. A randomized trial in patients treated with vincristine for Hodgkin's or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
  • Long-term results of treatment in patients with ACTH-secreting pituitary macroadenomas.
  • MJA Practice Essentials--Endocrinology. 9: Pituitary disease in adults.
  • Mantle cell lymphoma markedly infiltrated into adrenal glands with adrenal insufficiency
  • Medical therapy of macroprolactinomas in males: I. Prevalence of hypopituitarism at diagnosis. II. Proportion of cases exhibiting recovery of pituitary function.
  • Mood disorder and secondary adrenal insufficiency after pituitary tumor operation and radiotherapy.
  • Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumor with ectopic adrenocorticotropin production upon second recurrence.
  • Pituitary carcinoma: a review of the literature.
  • Pituitary gland tumors.
  • Pituitary magnetic resonance imaging findings do not influence surgical outcome in adrenocorticotropin-secreting microadenomas.
  • Pituitary tumors and pregnancy.
  • Plasma cortisol response to 1-24 adrenocorticotropin in patients with treated/untreated sellar & suprasellar mass lesions.
  • Predicting surgically remedial primary aldosteronism: role of adrenal scanning, posture testing, and adrenal vein sampling.
  • Prevalence of subclinical Cushing's syndrome in 70 patients with adrenal incidentaloma: clinical, biochemical and surgical outcomes.
  • Profound amplification of secretory-burst mass and anomalous regularity of ACTH secretory process in patients with Nelson's syndrome compared with Cushing's disease.
  • Radioiodination of rhenium cyclized alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone resulting in enhanced radioactivity localization and retention in melanoma.
  • Radiolabeled alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone analogs for receptor-mediated targeting of melanoma: from tritium to indium.
  • Secretion of high-molecular-weight adrenocorticotropic hormone from a pituitary adenoma in a patient without Cushing stigmata. Case report.
  • Suppression of Hodgkin's disease in a patient with Cushing's syndrome.
  • Suppression of adrenal function in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia following induction therapy with corticosteroid and other cytotoxic agents.
  • Surgical treatment of invasive pituitary adenomas (somatotropinoma or corticotropinoma).
  • Synchronous bilateral endoscopic adrenalectomy: experiences after 18 operations.
  • The biochemical investigation of Cushing syndrome.
  • The ectopic ACTH syndrome.
  • Transsphenoidal adenomectomy for GH-, PRL- and ACTH-secreting pituitary tumours: outcome analysis in a series of 125 patients.
  • Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for four dogs with pituitary ACTH-producing adenoma.
  • Transsphenoidal surgery in Cushing disease: 10 years of experience in 34 consecutive cases.

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