USE OF A GROWTH HORMONE SECRETATOGUE FOR INCREASING OR MAINTAINING LEAN BODY MASS AND/OR FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for increasing or maintaining lean body mass in an individual in need thereof, by administering a secretagogue. The present invention also relates in another aspect to the use of a secretagogue for the production of a medicament for use in increasing or maintaining an individual's lean body mass, preferably in an individual suffering from, or at risk of suffering from, cachexia, such as cancer cachexia.