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FOI 0823 2020/21 Growth Hormone Treatments

Freedom of Information Request: 0823 2020/21

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) completed a merger by acquisition of Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust (HEFT) on 1st April 2018.  Due to historical differences in data collection/reporting across UHB and the former Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust this response has been provided by hospital site.

I have a Freedom of Information request. Could you please answer the questions below?

Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham:

  • In your Trust how many patients have been treated with the following Somatostatin Analogues in the latest 12-month period for which data are available?

 

  • Octreotide – 236
  • Lanreotide83
  • Pasireotide – 0

 

 

  • In the latest 12-month period how many Acromegaly patients have been treated with the following drugs?

 

  • Sandostatin LAR – 0
  • Octreotide Long-Acting (Generic)0
  • Somatuline Autogel – 0
  • Pasireotide – 0
  • Pegvisomant – 0

 

 

 

  • How many patients have received a somatropin treatment for growth hormone deficiency in the latest 12-month period?

 

  • Genotropin – 1
  • Humatrope – 0
  • Norditropin – 0
  • Nutropin – 1
  • Omnitrope – 0
  • Saizen – 0
  • Zomacton – 0

 

 

 

  • If it is possible, can you provide the number of patients under the age 16  that were treated with each of the following drugs in the latest 12-month period?

 

  • Genotropin – 0
  • Humatrope – 0
  • Norditropin – 0
  • Nutropin – 0
  • Omnitrope – 0
  • Saizen – 0
  • Zomacton – 0

 

 

 

 

Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals:

  • In your Trust how many patients have been treated with the following Somatostatin Analogues in the latest 12-month period for which data are available?

 

  • Octreotide – 25
  • Lanreotide – 2
  • Pasireotide – 0

 

 

 

  • In the latest 12-month period how many Acromegaly patients have been treated with the following drugs? We are unable to provide data by diagnosis.

 

  • Sandostatin LAR
  • Octreotide Long-Acting (Generic)
  • Somatuline Autogel
  • Pasireotide
  • Pegvisomant

 

 

 

  • How many patients have received a somatropin treatment for growth hormone deficiency in the latest 12-month period? We are unable to provide by diagnosis – the numbers below are for all issues

 

  • Genotropin – 10
  • Humatrope – 1
  • Norditropin – 23
  • Nutropin – 11
  • Omnitrope – 0
  • Saizen – 10
  • Zomacton – 8

 

 

 

  • If it is possible, can you provide the number of patients under the age 16  that were treated with each of the following drugs in the latest 12-month period?

 

  • Genotropin – 6
  • Humatrope – 1
  • Norditropin – 9
  • Nutropin – 11
  • Omnitrope – 0
  • Saizen – 9
  • Zomacton – 8

 

 

 

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