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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00684957
Date of registration: 23/05/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Columbia University
Public title: Differential Effects of rhGH vs. rhIGF-1 on Cardiovascular Risk Factors
Scientific title: Differential Effects of rhGH vs. rhIGF-1 on Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Adult Patients With Growth Hormone Deficiency
Date of first enrolment: January 2008
Target sample size: 5
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00684957
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Diagnostic  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Pamela U. Freda, M.D.
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Affiliation:  Columbia University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult male age 25-65 with documented growth hormone deficiency on stable doses x 3
months (at least) of any hormone replacement therapies and with stable MRIs x 2 years
in the setting of a known pituitary mass.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Female gender

- current GH use or GH use within three months of the study

- diabetes

- hypoglycemia

- liver or kidney disease

- use of drugs that could increase GH secretion (i.e. L-dopa)

- alcohol or substance abuse

- use of investigational drugs within four weeks of our study and use of
supraphysiologic doses of steroids within the previous six months.



Age minimum: 25 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Male
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Drug: Recombinant human IGF-1
Drug: Recombinant Human Growth Hormone
Primary Outcome(s)
Cardiovascular serum risk markers including lipids, IL-6, CRP and homocysteine [Time Frame: 2 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes in visceral adiposity, intrahepatic and intramyocellular lipids [Time Frame: 2 months]
Changes in endothelial cell function [Time Frame: 2 months]
Secondary ID(s)
Tercica-001
AAAC2883
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Tercica
Ethics review
Results
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