For the first time, a provocation test using MDMA has demonstrated that oxytocin is lacking in people with arginine vasopressin deficiency, previously known as diabetes insipidus.
The novel treatment balovaptan is not statistically superior to placebo for improved social communication in autism spectrum disorder, results from a large phase 2 trial show.
A review of 78 transsphenoidal adenomectomy patients at a UK center found that a high copeptin level 1 day after surgery reliably ruled out incident diabetes insipidus and allowed early discharge.