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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00324064
Date of registration: 08/05/2006
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Children's Mercy Hospital Kansas City
Public title: Sexually Dimorphic Effects of GHRH in Adult Growth Hormone Testing
Scientific title: Sexually Dimorphic Effects of GHRH in Adult Growth Hormone Testing
Date of first enrolment: July 2007
Target sample size: 90
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00324064
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacodynamics Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Jill Jacobson, MD
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Affiliation:  Children's Mercy Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Healthy subjects

- Males and females, Tanner stage V aged 15-40 years of age with no known endocrine
problems

- Males and females, Tanner stage I, aged 5-8 years with no known endocrine problems

GH subjects - Males and females, Tanner stage V, aged 15-21 years with a history of
childhood growth hormone deficiency

Exclusion Criteria:

Healthy subjects

- History of GH deficiency or treatment or other known endocrine disorder

- Current height or adult height <5th %

- Female subjects using hormonal methods of birth control

- Female subjects with irregular menstrual cycles

GH subjects

- Subjects with GH deficiency who have not discontinued GH treatment for at least 2 months



Age minimum: 5 Years
Age maximum: 40 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Procedure: GHRH/arginine stimulation testing
Primary Outcome(s)
Serum GH levels in response to GHRH/arginine stimulation [Time Frame: End of study]
Secondary Outcome(s)
mRNA and protein levels of G alpha q and G alpha S stimulatory proteins [Time Frame: end of study]
Serum gonadal steroid levels in the three subject groups [Time Frame: end of study]
Secondary ID(s)
06 03-053
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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