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Long-Term Treatment With rhIGF-1 in GHIS

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00571727
Recruitment Status : Completed
First Posted : December 12, 2007
Last Update Posted : September 30, 2015
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
University of Oklahoma
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Ipsen

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
Long term study of the effects of dosing with rhIGF-1 on growth

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome Drug: mecasermin Phase 2 Phase 3

Study Design
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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Actual Enrollment : 92 participants
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: A Study of the Long-Term Human Recombinant Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 (rhIGF-1) Treatment in Children With Short Stature Due to Growth Hormone Insensitivity Syndrome (GHIS)
Study Start Date : January 1990
Actual Primary Completion Date : October 2004
Actual Study Completion Date : December 2011

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MedlinePlus related topics: Hormones
Drug Information available for: Mecasermin
U.S. FDA Resources

Arms and Interventions
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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: mecasermin, injections BID of rhIGF-1 Drug: mecasermin
injections BID of rhIGF-1, mecasermin
Other Name: Increlex


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Change in height [ Time Frame: duration of study ]

Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. safety [ Time Frame: duration of study ]

Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   2 Years to 21 Years   (Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Height <-2SD for age and gender
  • IGF-1 <-2SD for age and gender
  • Evidence of GH resistance

Exclusion Criteria:

  • closed epiphyses
  • prior active malignancy
  • major organ disfunction
  • treatment with medications that would diminish growth
  • clinically significant cardiac abnormalities
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Locations
United States, California
Ipsen
Brisbane, California, United States, 94005
Sponsors and Collaborators
Ipsen
University of Oklahoma
Investigators
Principal Investigator: Steven Chernausek, MD University of Oklahoma
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Publications of Results:

Responsible Party: Ipsen
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00571727     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: Study 1419
First Posted: December 12, 2007    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: September 30, 2015
Last Verified: September 2015

Keywords provided by Ipsen:
growth
insulin like growth factor
Larons syndrome

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Syndrome
Laron Syndrome
Disease
Pathologic Processes
Dwarfism
Bone Diseases, Developmental
Bone Diseases
 Musculoskeletal Diseases
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Endocrine System Diseases
Mecasermin
Growth Substances
Physiological Effects of Drugs