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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00120497
Date of registration: 13/07/2005
Primary sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Public title: Study to Examine Insulin Resistance During Growth Hormone Treatment for Short Stature Due to Low Birthweight
Scientific title: Growth Hormone and Insulin Resistance in Children With Intrauterine Growth Restriction
Date of first enrolment: July 2005
Target sample size: 12
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00120497
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case-Crossover, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   David B Rhoads, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: 617-724-2707
Email: rhoads@helix.mgh.harvard.edu
Affiliation: 
Name:   Lynne L Levitsky, MD
Address: 
Telephone: 617-726-2909
Email: llevitsky@partners.org
Affiliation: 
Name:   Lynne L Levitsky, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- height < 5%-ile

- birthweight < 10%-ile for gestational age

- gestation: = 36 weeks

- male or female

- age: 8-12 years

- BMI = 10-90%-ile

- normal childhood activity, no physical or other limitations

- bone age = 12 years

- normal, balanced diet (20-40% calories from fat)

Exclusion Criteria:

- puberty (beyond Tanner Stage 1)

- diabetes in subject or first degree relative

- sex steroid therapy

- chronic conditions requiring medication

- other causes of short stature (e.g., Prader-Willi, intracranial lesions,
hypopituitarism, Turner syndrome, GHD, etc.)

- significant systemic disease (pulmonary, cardiac, renal, or other)

- non-removable metal

- other conditions judged by the investigator to pose a hazard (including history of
neoplasm)

- simultaneous participation in another medical investigation or trial



Age minimum: 8 Years
Age maximum: 12 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Fetal Growth Retardation
Intervention(s)
Drug: somatropin (rDNA)
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2005P-000384
IRG 2004-0964
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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