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Last refreshed on: 19 September 2016
Main ID:  NCT00372125
Date of registration: 05/09/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Karolinska University Hospital
Public title: Nordic Study on the Effects of Growth Hormone (Norditropin SimpleXx) Treatment in Adults With Prader-Willi Syndrome
Scientific title: Nordic Study on the Effects of Growth Hormone (Norditropin SimpleXx) Treatment in Adults With Prader-Willi Syndrome
Date of first enrolment: April 2005
Target sample size: 46
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00372125
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Denmark Norway Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Jens S Christiansen, Professor
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Affiliation:  Ã…rhus University Hospital, Denmark
Name:     Charlotte Hoybye, Dr.
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Affiliation:  Department of Endocrinology and Diabetology, Karolinska Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Genetically verified PWS diagnosis (by methylation and FISH test.)

- Between 18 and 50 years old

- Informed consent obtained before any trial-related activities. (Trial-related
activities are any procedure that would not have been performed during normal
management of the treatment of the subject.)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Known or suspected allergy to GH preparation.

- Previous participation in this trial.

- GH treatment within the last 1 years

- Malignancy or other serious diseases (ex severe cardiovascular diseases, severe
infections)

- Sexhormone treatment initiated within the last year

- Pregnancy

- Untreated respiratory impairment, untreated sleep apnoea or untreated respiratory
infection.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Prader-Willi Syndrome
Intervention(s)
Drug: Norditropin SimpleXx
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in body composition (lean body mass and fat mass) measured by dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) [Time Frame: 36 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Quality of life estimated by questionnaires [Time Frame: 36 months]
Effects on forced expiratory volume (Peakflow) [Time Frame: 36 months]
Effects on free and total IGF-I, IGF-binding protein (BP)-1 and 3 [Time Frame: 36 months]
Activity of daily living measured a.m. Guralnik [Time Frame: 36 months]
Bone mineral density measured by DXA [Time Frame: 36 months]
Effects on body composition measured with bioimpedance [Time Frame: 36 months]
Effects on haemoglobin (Hb), leucocyte and thrombocyte counts, FSH, LH, estradiol, Testosterone, inhibin B, TSH and Thyroxine [Time Frame: 36 months]
Standard photography appearance according to visual analogue scale (VAS) [Time Frame: 36 months]
Effects on lipids (fasting triglycerides(TG), total, HDL and LDL cholesterol) [Time Frame: 36 months]
Muscle and fat mass measured by abdominal and mid-femoral computerized tomography [Time Frame: 36 months]
Secondary ID(s)
CH1234
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Novo Nordisk A/S
Ethics review
Results
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