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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN65230311
ISRCTN65230311
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Efficacy and safety of growth hormone treatment in short children born small for gestational age; effects of growth hormone levels on growth, insulin sensitivity and body composition

Erasmus Medical Center (The Netherlands)0 sites157 target enrollmentJuly 19, 2006

Overview

Phase
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Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Small for gestational age (SGA), children with persistent short stature
Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Center (The Netherlands)
Enrollment
157
Status
Completed
Last Updated
9 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
July 19, 2006
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
9 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Erasmus Medical Center (The Netherlands)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Children born with a birth length and/or weight \<2 standard devations (SD) for gestational age (Usher McLean)
  • 2\. Neonatal period without signs of severe asphyxia (defined as Apgar score \<3 after five minutes), and no serious diseases such as long\-term artificial ventilation and oxygen supply, bronchopulmonary dysplasia or other chronic lung diseases
  • 3\. Short stature defined as a height SD score below 2\.5 according to the Dutch National Growth references of 1997
  • 4\. Height velocity (cm/year) for chronological age
  • 5\. Chronological age at the start of treatment: 3\.00 \- 7\.99 years (boys and girls)
  • 6\. Prepubertal signs defined as Tanner stage 1 or testicular volume \<4 ml
  • 7\. Well documented growth data from birth up to two years and at least one year before the start of the study
  • 8\. Both growth hormone deficient and growth hormone insufficient patients
  • 9\. Informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Chromosomal disorders, known syndromes and serious dysmorphic symptoms suggestive for a syndrome that has not yet been described, except for Silver Russell syndrome
  • 2\. Coeliac disease and other chronic or serious diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, heart, genitourinary tract, liver, lungs, skeleton, central nervous system, metabolic disease, chronic or recurrent major infectious diseases, nutritional and/or vitamin deficiencies
  • 3\. Any endocrine or metabolic disorder such as diabetes mellitus, diabetes insipidus, hypothyroidism, or inborn errors of metabolism, except for growth hormone deficiency (GHD)
  • 4\. Use of medications or interventions at this moment or during the previous six months that might have interfered with growth, such as corticosteroids (including high dose of corticosteroid inhalation), sex steroids, growth hormone, or major surgery (particularly of the spine or extremities)
  • 5\. Active malignancy or increased risk of leukaemia
  • 6\. Serious suspicion of psychosocial dwarfism (emotional deprivation)
  • 7\. Expected non\-compliance

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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