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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00468624
Date of registration: 02/05/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Public title: Effect of Pegvisomant on GH/IGF-I Relationship in GHD
Scientific title: A Study of the Relationship Between Serum Growth Hormone (GH) and Insulin-Like Growth Factor One (IGF-I) in Patients With Severe Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGHD)
Date of first enrolment: December 2004
Target sample size:
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00468624
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Contacts
Name:     Peter J Trainer, MD FRCP
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Affiliation:  Christie Hospital NHS
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Over 18 years of age

- Confirmed severe AGHD

- GH response <9 mU/l (preferably <4) to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia or glucagon
stimulation test plus (These tests will have taken place as part of routine
management).

- Full, stable pituitary replacement therapy

- Willing to provide informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Unwilling to provide written consent

- Current GH therapy

- Pharmacological doses of glucocorticoids

- Any acute illness



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Severe Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Drug: pegvisomant/placebo loading dose 80mg sc, thereafter 20mg daily for 2 weeks
Procedure: arginine stimulation test after each limb
Procedure: GH sampling - every 20 min over 24 hours after each limb (pegvisomant/placebo)
Procedure: blood sampling before and after pegvisomant/placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
change in IGF-I [Time Frame: 2 weeks per limb]
Secondary Outcome(s)
change in basal and stimulated GH Change in IGFBP-3 Change in GHBP [Time Frame: 2 weeks per limb]
Secondary ID(s)
04_ENDO_41
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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