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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00139945
Date of registration: 30/08/2005
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Aarhus
Public title: Ghrelin, Growth Hormone and Cortisol Interaction in Growth Hormone Deficient Patients
Scientific title: Effects of Acute Ghrelin Infusion to Growth Hormone Deficient Adults: Growth Hormone and Cortisol Interaction
Date of first enrolment: October 2005
Target sample size: 8
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00139945
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Denmark
Contacts
Name:     Jens Otto L Jorgensen, DrMedSci
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Affiliation:  Aarhus University Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age between 18 and 60 yrs.

- Verified hypopituitarism

- Unchanged substitution treatment through 3+ months

- Unchanged additional medical treatment

- Oral and written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age below 18 or above 60 yrs.

- Diabetes mellitus

- body mass index > 30

- Fasting hypoglycemia

- Convulsions

- Allergy to trial products



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hypopituitarism
Intervention(s)
Drug: Human acylated ghrelin
Primary Outcome(s)
Endogenous serum ghrelin levels [Time Frame: Same day as intervention]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Insulin sensitivity, appetite, metabolism, intracellular signal transduction [Time Frame: Same day as intervention]
Secondary ID(s)
2004/102
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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