Aktuelle Aspekte der endokrinen Therapie der Endometriose und der Adenomyose

In: Gynäkologische Endokrinologie · 2023 · vol. 21(3) , pp. 194–200 · doi:10.1007/s10304-023-00524-3 · W4385879196
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This review details hormonal therapies including oral contraceptives, progestins, and GnRH antagonists for endometriosis and adenomyosis based on current research.

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The paper reviews the current evidence on hormonal (endocrine) medical therapy for endometriosis, emphasizing its importance as a long-term option alongside precision surgery, and aims to summarize the main drug strategies with attention to targeting and side-effect profiles. It highlights that, for steroid hormone-dependent disease, hormone therapy is presented as the therapy of choice, focusing on oral contraceptives, progestins, and newer oral GnRH antagonists. The authors explicitly note that the discussion is based on the “current study situation,” but the contribution is a literature-based overview without new human or animal experiments, which limits direct quantification of comparative effectiveness in this article itself. This paper is centrally about endometriosis and adenomyosis endocrine therapy—specifically it surveys and explains current hormone-based treatment options (including GnRH antagonists) for these conditions.

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Zusammenfassung Neben der kontrollierten, rechtzeitigen und indizierten Präzisionschirurgie ist die medikamentöse Therapie der Endometriose, insbesondere auch als Langzeittherapie, von besonderer Bedeutung. Die Behandlung sollte möglichst zielgenau und nebenwirkungsarm sein. Es gibt inzwischen eine Vielzahl von Strategien, um der Patientin Linderung zu verschaffen, jedoch ist bei einer steroidhormonabhängigen Erkrankung die Hormontherapie die Therapie der Wahl. Die wichtigen Pharmaka, wie die oralen Kontrazeptiva, die Gestagene und die neuen oralen GnRH(„gonadotropin-releasing hormone“)-Antagonisten, stehen hier im Vordergrund und sollen deshalb auf Basis der aktuellen Studienlage detailliert dargestellt werden. Abstract In addition to the controlled, timely and indicated precision surgery, the medicinal treatment of endometriosis, particularly also as long-term treatment, is of utmost importance. The treatment should be as acurately targeted as possible and with few side effects. In the meantime, there are many strategies to achieve relief for patients, but hormonal therapy is the treatment of choice in the case of steroid hormone-dependent disease. The important drugs, such as oral contraceptives, the progestins and the new oral gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) antagonists, are prioritized and are presented in detail based on the current study situation. Similar content being viewed by others Literatur Reis FM, Petraglia F, Taylor RN (2013) Endometriosis: hormone regulation and clinical consequences of chemotaxis and apoptosis. Hum Reprod Update 19(4):406–418. https://doi.org/10.1093/humupd/dmt010 (Epub 2013 Mar 28. PMID: 23539633; PMCID: PMC3682670) Vercellini P, Buggio L, Berlanda N, Barbara G, Somigliana E, Bosari S (2016) Estrogen-progestins and progestins for the management of endometriosis. Fertil Steril 106(7):1552–1571.e2. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fertnstert.2016.10.022 (Epub 2016 Nov 4. 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