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Filter by:This study is intended to assess the effects of once daily dosing of recombinant human insulin-like growth factor (rhIGF-1) in increasing height velocity.
This study is intended to determine whether twice daily weight based dosing with recombinant human insulin-like growth factor (rhIGF-1) will safely and effectively increase the growth of prepubertal children with short stature associated with low IGF-1 levels but who produce sufficient growth hormone (GH). Subjects will be randomized to either an observation arm or to active treatment.
This study is a multicenter, open label, observational, postmarketing surveillance study of Nutropin AQ, Nutropin, and Protropin in the United States and Canada. This study (and subsequent substudies) were developed to investigate specific aspects of growth hormone (GH) treatment.
OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the effect of bromocriptine on luteinizing hormone (LH) secretion by suppression of prolactin and stimulation of dopaminergic receptors in early pubertal boys and girls. II. Evaluate the effect of baclofen on LH secretion by stimulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid receptors in early pubertal boys and girls.
Children with extreme short stature (height) and their families often experience significant psychological stress related to concerns about adult height. In addition, short stature often results in life-long emotional, social, and physical obstacles to the affected person. Normal growth occurs in two phases. The first phase, known as childhood growth, occurs below the age of 10. The second phase of growth, teen-age or adolescent growth, begins between the ages of 10 and 15. In addition, puberty marks the time when the bone's growth plates (epiphysis) begin to close, initiating the completion of linear growth (height). Some children suffer from a condition called precocious puberty, meaning that puberty begins at a younger age than normal. The development of medications known as synthetic LHRH analogs have provided a method to delay puberty and treat these patients. LHRHa (deslorelin) is a hormone created to act like naturally occurring LHRH. It been used in patient's diagnosed with precocious (early onset) puberty. The drugs were able to regress patient's clinical signs of puberty, decrease the levels of adult sex hormones produced, and slow the rate of bone aging.