Status:

COMPLETED

Nutrients and Hormones: Effects in Boys With Disordered Growth

Lead Sponsor:

Nemours Children's Clinic

Collaborating Sponsors:

Genentech, Inc.

Conditions:

Constitutional Growth Delay

Nutrition Disorders

Eligibility:

MALE

7-10 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to find out if patients with constitutional delay of growth have a mismatch between energy intake and utilization (as measured by doubly labeled water) and to compare the i...

Detailed Description

Two groups of boys 7-10 years old who are very short and below average in weight but otherwise healthy will be studied. One group will be observed initially for 6 months and then receive GH injections...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Boys 7-10 years old who are very short and below average in weight but otherwise healthy.
  • Delay in skeletal maturation \> 1 year.

Exclusion

  • Growth hormone deficiency
  • Chronic illness
  • Participation in high endurance athletics

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2004

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00139451

Start Date

May 1 2004

End Date

September 1 2010

Last Update

October 12 2011

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Nemours Children's Clinic

Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207