Status:

COMPLETED

rhGH Therapy on Hepatic Drug Metabolism

Lead Sponsor:

University of Louisville

Collaborating Sponsors:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

Growth Hormone Deficiency, Dwarfism

Eligibility:

All Genders

4-14 years

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to understand the effect of rhGH therapy on hepatic drug metabolism in children with idiopathic growth hormone deficiency.

Detailed Description

Growth Hormone (GH) deficiency is a prominent cause of short stature, affecting approximately 14,000 children in the US. Although a single study has demonstrated reduces CYP1A2 activity following Gh r...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children ages 4 to 14 years with a height less than the 5th percentile for age and sex or having a decelerated across two major percentiles (5th, 10th, 25th, 50th, 90th, and 95th) on standard pediatric growth curves, poor growth velocity (less than 5 centimeters/year), radiographic evidence of delayed bone age (i.e. greater than 1 SD below the mean for chronological age) and a documented diagnosis of idiopathic growth hormone deficiency \[as determined by failure to raise serum GH concentrations 10 microgram/Liter following provocative testing with two growth hormone secretagogues(e.g. insulin, arginine, or clonidine)\].
  • All subjects will be prepubertal, as determined by Tanner staging.

Exclusion

  • Children receiving medications known to induce or inhibit hepatic CYP1A2, NAT-2, XO, CYP2D6 or CYP3A4 activity.
  • Subjects with a history of smoking (including exposure to second hand smoke \> 8 hours per day) or illicit drug use.
  • Subjects with a history of hepatic, renal, cardiac or thyroid disorders. Presence of hepatic, renal, cardiac or thyroid disease will be established based on clinical history and results of recent laboratory tests conducted as part of the routine medical evaluation of children who are being considered for rhGH therapy.
  • Children experiencing fever or acute viral illness
  • Children who have a history of a hypersensitivity reaction to dextromethorphan or caffeine
  • Children who have received prior treatment with rhGH
  • Children who are receiving corticosteroids or thyroid hormone

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2001

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

9 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00458991

Start Date

June 1 2001

End Date

September 1 2008

Last Update

April 27 2017

Active Locations (4)

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University of California at San Diego

San Diego, California, United States, 92103

2

Kosair Charities Pediatric Clinical Research Unit

Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202

3

Children's Mercy Hospital and Clinics

Kansas City, Missouri, United States, 64108

4

Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106-6010