Status:

COMPLETED

Sexually Dimorphic Effects of GHRH in Adult Growth Hormone Testing

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City

Conditions:

Growth Hormone Deficiency

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-40 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

Specific Aim 1 Healthy male and female subjects and growth hormone (GH) deficient subjects display sexually dimorphic GH responses to GHRH administration Specific Aim 2 GH responses to GHRH in both h...

Detailed Description

Growth hormone deficiency affects disproportionately more males than females. Although ascertainment bias plays a role in this sexual dimorphism, no plausible mechanism to fully explain this differenc...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Healthy subjects
  • Males and females, Tanner stage V aged 15-40 years of age with no known endocrine problems
  • Males and females, Tanner stage I, aged 5-8 years with no known endocrine problems
  • GH subjects - Males and females, Tanner stage V, aged 15-21 years with a history of childhood growth hormone deficiency

Exclusion

  • Healthy subjects
  • History of GH deficiency or treatment or other known endocrine disorder
  • Current height or adult height \<5th %
  • Female subjects using hormonal methods of birth control
  • Female subjects with irregular menstrual cycles
  • GH subjects
  • \- Subjects with GH deficiency who have not discontinued GH treatment for at least 2 months

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2007

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

July 1 2009

Estimated Enrollment :

90 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00324064

Start Date

July 1 2007

End Date

July 1 2009

Last Update

March 5 2010

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Children's Mercy Hospital

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108