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Register: ISRCTN
Last refreshed on: 19 December 2016
Main ID:  ISRCTN24648386
Date of registration: 05/09/2007
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Dutch Growth Foundation (Netherlands)
Public title: Effects of growth hormone treatment after final height in Prader-Willi Syndrome
Scientific title: Effects of growth hormone treatment after final height in Prader-Willi Syndrome: a double-blind multicentre, cross-over study on the effects of growth hormone versus placebo on body composition and psychosocial behaviour in transition
Date of first enrolment: 01/10/2007
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://isrctn.com/ISRCTN24648386
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Multicentre randomised double-blinded placebo-controlled crossover group trial (Treatment)  
Phase:  Not Applicable
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name: Dederieke    Festen
Address:  Dutch Growth Foundation Westzeedijk 106 3016 AH Rotterdam Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)10 225 1533
Email: d.festen@erasmusmc.nl
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Young adults, originally participating in the Dutch GH study in PWS children (ISRCTN49726762) or otherwise GH-treated patients
2. Final height is reached or epiphysial fusion is complete
3. Treated with GH during childhood for at least two years

Exclusion criteria: 1. Non-cooperative behaviour
2. Extremely low dietary intake of less than minimal required intake according to World Health Organisation (WHO)
3. Medication to reduce weight (fat)


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Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Prader Willi Syndrome
Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Disorders of other endocrine glands
Intervention(s)
Treatment with GH: Genotropin 0.67 mg/m^2/day subcutaneous (s.c.) or placebo.
Primary Outcome(s)
1. Body composition
2. Carbohydrate metabolism
3. Psychosocial functioning
4. Sleep-related breathing disorders
5. Circulating lipids
6. Blood pressure
Secondary Outcome(s)
1. Thyroid hormone levels, Insulin-like Growth Factor (IGF-I) and IGF binding proteins, adiponectin, ghrelin
2. Compliance to the diet
Secondary ID(s)
NTR1038
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Pfizer (Netherlands)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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