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Correlation of cardiac function indices and peripheral muscle mitochondrial changes in patients with severe adult growth hormone deficiency following growth hormone therapy

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Adult growth hormone deficiency
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Hypofunction and other disorders of pituitary gland
Registration Number
ISRCTN94165486
Lead Sponsor
Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust (UK)
Brief Summary

2018 results in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29527190 (added 27/06/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
17
Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female patients aged between 18 and 75 years of age
2. Proven severe adult growth hormone deficiency by standard criteria
3. Ability to self-administer growth hormone
4. Ability to give informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

1. Inability to self-administer growth hormone
2. Patients not wishing for their GP to be informed

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> 1. Modification of mitochondrial function in vitro: needle muscle biopsy for measurement of mitochondrial function<br> 2. Modification of cardiovascular function:<br> 2.1. Echocardiogram for wall thickness ejection fraction, fraction with shortening of stroke distance<br> 2.2. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for wall thickness, muscle mass, ventricular volumes and ejection fraction<br> 2.3. Exercise testing, six minute walk, metabolic gas exchange to derive peak VO2 and the ventilatory response to exercise<br> 2.4. Muscle strength<br><br> Measured at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months.<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> 1. Blood will be withdrawn for cardiovascular risk indices including:<br> 1.1. Fasting sample for homocysteine, urate, low level C-reactive protein, triglycerides, low density lipoprotein (LDL), high density lipoprotein (HDL)<br> 1.2. Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI 1), fibrinogen, factor 7 and 12<br> 1.3. Fasting insulin glucose to determine insulin resistance by the homeostasis model assessment (HOMA) method<br> 1.4. Lipid peroxides<br> 2. Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF1) levels<br> 3. Percentage of body fat (using bioimpedance technique), waist-hip ratio, blood pressure, weight<br><br> Measured at baseline, 3 months, 6 months, 9 months and 12 months.<br>
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