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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00562705
Date of registration: 21/11/2007
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Rabin Medical Center
Public title: Effects of Growth Hormone (GH) Treatment on Eating Regulation
Scientific title: Effects of Growth Hormone Treatment on Eating Regulation and Comparison Between the Growth Responses With or Without Nutritional Intervention in Short Stature Children
Date of first enrolment: January 2008
Target sample size: 32
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00562705
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Israel
Contacts
Name:     Moshe Phillip, Professor
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Affiliation:  Schneider Children Medical Center
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Height of at least 2.0 standard deviations below the mean height for chronological
age and sex according to the 2000 standards from the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).

2. Children that have one of the following short stature pathologies:

1. IGHD or MPHD

2. ISS

3. SGA

3. Proper function of thyroid gland, kidney and liver

4. Prior to initiating growth hormone treatment

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Chronic diseases

2. Diseases in the digestive system.

3. Neurological diseases.

4. Malignant diseases in the past or in the present. Treated with chemotherapy or
radiation.

5. Genetic syndromes

6. Bone diseases

7. Taking chronic medicine, SSRI type, that effect the appetite and the growth hormone
signal transduction.



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Short Stature
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: growth hormone-Genotropin or NorditropinSimplex or "Biotropin"
Behavioral: growth hormone- Genotropin or NorditropinSimplex and nutritional intervention
Primary Outcome(s)
Growth markers [Time Frame: At screening visit, baseline and at the end of the visit]
height and weight [Time Frame: every visit until the end of study]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Safety laboratory parameters [Time Frame: at screening, baseline and at the end of the study]
food diary [Time Frame: every visit until the end of the study]
Resting energy expenditure measurements [Time Frame: Every visit other than visit number 4]
Secondary ID(s)
rmc004623ctil
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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