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NCT number NCT04734457
Other study ID # Final height in CH patients
Secondary ID
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase
First received
Last updated
Start date November 2, 2021
Est. completion date April 1, 2022

Study information

Verified date October 2021
Source Ain Shams University
Contact Mohamed Nader, M.B., B.Ch.
Phone +201014397938
Email moh.nader90@gmail.com
Is FDA regulated No
Health authority
Study type Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate longitudinal growth and final height in patients with Congenital Hypothyroidism detected by neonatal screening and factors affecting it.


Description:

Linear growth and final height are reported as rather normal in patients with CH diagnosed through the screening and the target height is the most important factor determining linear growth. Data on final height in patients with CH suggest that adult height is significantly correlated with parental height and the mean L-Thyroxine daily dose administered over the first 6 months of treatment. The lowest recommended dose during this period is 8.5μg/kg/day. Periodical adjustments of L-Thyroxine daily dose should be guided by clinical observation and serum free T4 levels. To our knowledge this is the first study from our center to assess final height in patients with congenital hypothyroidism diagnosed through the Egyptian neonatal screening program. A complex network of endocrine signals stimulates the process of longitudinal growth including growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor-1, glucocorticoids, thyroid hormone, estrogen, androgens, vitamin D and leptin. Thyroid hormones are essential for development and normal bone growth. Biochemical studies have shown that thyroid hormones can affect the expression of various bone markers in the serum, reflecting changes in bone remodeling which involves both osteoblastic and osteoclastic activities. Thyroid hormones act through chondrocytes bearing thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) to modulate growth plate proliferation, differentiation and vascular invasion. Several mechanisms mediate these functions including direct action on the chondrocytes, osteoblasts and mast cells. It also works through interaction with other hormones and growth factors acting in endocrine, paracrine and autocrine fashions. Overall, T3 acts via TRα in chondrocytes and osteoblasts to regulate intramembranous and endochondral ossification and control the rate of linear growth, bone maturation and mineralization,T4 induces the expression of both type II and X collagen and chondrocyte hypertrophy. Hypothyroidism in children causes growth arrest, delayed bone maturation, and epiphyseal dysgenesis that can result in short stature and delayed closure of the epiphyses. In severe undiagnosed cases, complete post-natal growth arrest and skeletal dysplasia occurs with characteristic X-ray features including stippled epiphyses reflecting epiphyseal dysgenesis, congenital hip dislocation, vertebral immaturity, scoliosis, patent fontanelles and sutures and delayed eruption of teeth. Prompt treatment of patients suffering from CH with thyroid hormone replacement induces a period of rapid catch-up growth in which skeletal maturation and bone age are also accelerated. Ultimately, normal adult height can be expected. It is controversial whether factors as the degree of hypothyroidism at diagnosis, the timing of the onset of treatment and the doses of replacement L-thyroxine (L-T4) affect linear growth in children with congenital hypothyroidism, detected by screening and treated from early infancy


Recruitment information / eligibility

Status Not yet recruiting
Enrollment 60
Est. completion date April 1, 2022
Est. primary completion date March 1, 2022
Accepts healthy volunteers No
Gender All
Age group N/A and older
Eligibility Inclusion Criteria: - Patients having a documented history of CH diagnosed by Egyptian neonatal screening program. - Patients receiving L-thyroxine (L-T4) since the diagnosis is established. Exclusion Criteria: - Patients who are non-compliant on L-thyroxine (L-T4) and failed to follow up at the clinic on regular basis. - Patients who were missed from diagnosis by neonatal screening. - Patients with associated hormonal disorders affecting same parameters concerned in the study.

Study Design


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Intervention

Drug:
Levothyroxin
We assess the effect of early diagnosis of CH by neonatal screening and start of treatment on the final height of the patients

Locations

Country Name City State
Egypt Ain Shams University Cairo Abbasiya

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor Collaborator
Ain Shams University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Egypt, 

References & Publications (12)

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Bassett JH, Williams AJ, Murphy E, Boyde A, Howell PG, Swinhoe R, Archanco M, Flamant F, Samarut J, Costagliola S, Vassart G, Weiss RE, Refetoff S, Williams GR. A lack of thyroid hormones rather than excess thyrotropin causes abnormal skeletal development — View Citation

Bauer AJ, Wassner AJ. Thyroid hormone therapy in congenital hypothyroidism and pediatric hypothyroidism. Endocrine. 2019 Oct;66(1):51-62. doi: 10.1007/s12020-019-02024-6. Epub 2019 Jul 26. Review. — View Citation

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Dickerman Z, De Vries L. Prepubertal and pubertal growth, timing and duration of puberty and attained adult height in patients with congenital hypothyroidism (CH) detected by the neonatal screening programme for CH--a longitudinal study. Clin Endocrinol ( — View Citation

Hüffmeier U, Tietze HU, Rauch A. Severe skeletal dysplasia caused by undiagnosed hypothyroidism. Eur J Med Genet. 2007 May-Jun;50(3):209-15. Epub 2007 Mar 12. — View Citation

Nilsson O, Marino R, De Luca F, Phillip M, Baron J. Endocrine regulation of the growth plate. Horm Res. 2005;64(4):157-65. Epub 2005 Oct 4. Review. — View Citation

Salerno M, Micillo M, Di Maio S, Capalbo D, Ferri P, Lettiero T, Tenore A. Longitudinal growth, sexual maturation and final height in patients with congenital hypothyroidism detected by neonatal screening. Eur J Endocrinol. 2001 Oct;145(4):377-83. — View Citation

Tanner JM, Goldstein H, Whitehouse RH. Standards for children's height at ages 2-9 years allowing for heights of parents. Arch Dis Child. 1970 Dec;45(244):755-62. — View Citation

Whitney GA, Kean TJ, Fernandes RJ, Waldman S, Tse MY, Pang SC, Mansour JM, Dennis JE. Thyroxine Increases Collagen Type II Expression and Accumulation in Scaffold-Free Tissue-Engineered Articular Cartilage. Tissue Eng Part A. 2018 Mar;24(5-6):369-381. doi — View Citation

Williams GR, Bassett JHD. Thyroid diseases and bone health. J Endocrinol Invest. 2018 Jan;41(1):99-109. doi: 10.1007/s40618-017-0753-4. Epub 2017 Aug 29. Review. — View Citation

Williams GR. Role of thyroid hormone receptor-a1 in endochondral ossification. Endocrinology. 2014 Aug;155(8):2747-50. doi: 10.1210/en.2014-1527. — View Citation

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Outcome

Type Measure Description Time frame Safety issue
Primary Assessment of change of Final Height in patients with Congenital Hypothyroidism diagnosed by neonatal screening The investigators assess the effect of early diagnosis and early levothyroxine start on the change in longitudinal growth in patients with Congenital Hypothyroidism. Since the diagnosis is established by neonatal screening during first week of life height will be assessed every 6 months with follow up throughout the study period until the study subject reaches an average of 18 years of age( final height reached).
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