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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00720902
Date of registration: 16/06/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Columbia University
Public title: Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency and Cardiovascular Risk
Scientific title: Assessment of Cardiovascular Risk Markers in GH Deficient Patients With Nonsecreting Pituitary Adenomas
Date of first enrolment: February 2007
Target sample size: 8
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00720902
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Non-Randomized, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     John C Ausiello, MD
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Affiliation:  Columbia University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adults 19 years or older who have undergone transsphenoidal surgery for a clinically
non-secreting pituitary adenoma

Exclusion Criteria:

- Currently taking growth hormone, radiation therapy in the past 5 years, changes in
dose of other pituitary hormone replacement therapy in past 3 months, taking
hydrocortisone (or its equivalent) at a dose of > 30 mg/day, pregnant or nursing
women



Age minimum: 19 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Growth Hormone Deficiency
Intervention(s)
Drug: Growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) and arginine
Procedure: Endothelial cell biopsy
Procedure: Blood draws
Procedure: MRI
Procedure: Carotid ultrasound
Primary Outcome(s)
Serum cardiovascular risk markers including lipids, CRP, IL-6 and homocysteine [Time Frame: once]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Endothelial function as assessed by flow mediated dilatation and endothelial cell biopsy [Time Frame: once]
Intramyocellular and intrahepatic lipid content using MRI and MR spectroscopy [Time Frame: once]
Insulin sensitivity as assessed by fasting insulin and glucose levels and by an oral glucose tolerance test [Time Frame: once]
Percentage of total body fat, trunk fat and lean body mass by DEXA [Time Frame: once]
Carotid intimal-medial thickness studies as assessed by ultrasound [Time Frame: once]
Secondary ID(s)
AAAB9681 (Serono-001)
Serono-001
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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