The GALANT trial: study protocol of a randomised placebo-controlled trial in patients with a 68Ga-DOTATATE PET-positive, clinically non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma on the effect of lanreotide on tumour size

• Jan Booij,
• Suat Simsek,
• Tessel M Boertien,
• Madeleine L Drent,
• Marcel P M Stokkel,
• Jantien Hoogmoed,
• Alberto Pereira,
• Nienke R Biermasz,
• Ronald Groote Veldman,
• Eric Fliers,
• Peter H Bisschop

Affiliations

Jan Booij

4 Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Suat Simsek

8 Internal Medicine, North West Hospital Group, Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Tessel M Boertien

Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Madeleine L Drent

Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Amsterdam UMC, location VUMC, VU University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Marcel P M Stokkel

Department of Nuclear Medicine, Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jantien Hoogmoed

Department of Neurosurgery, Neurosurgical Centre Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Alberto Pereira

Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and Centre for Endocrine Tumors Leiden (CETL), Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Nienke R Biermasz

Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, and Centre for Endocrine Tumors Leiden (CETL), Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

Ronald Groote Veldman

Department of Internal Medicine, Medical Spectrum Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Eric Fliers

Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Peter H Bisschop

Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Amsterdam Gastroenterology Endocrinology Metabolism, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands