Metabolic Health in Short Children Born Small for Gestational Age Treated With Growth Hormone and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analog: Results of a Randomized, Dose-Response Trial.
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
; 100(10): 3725-34, 2015 Oct.
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ABSTRACT
CONTEXT Previously we showed that pubertal children born small for gestational age (SGA) with a poor adult height (AH) expectation can benefit from treatment with GH 1 mg/m(2) per day (â¼ 0.033 mg/kg/d) in combination with 2 years of GnRH analog (GnRHa) and even more so with a double GH dose. GnRHa treatment is thought to have negative effects on body composition and blood pressure. Long-term effects and GH-dose effects on metabolic health in children treated with combined GH/GnRHa are unknown. OBJECTIVE:
This study aimed to investigate body composition, blood pressure, and lipid profile during GH treatment, either with or without 2 years of additional GnRHa. To assess whether GH 2 mg/m(2) per day (â¼ 0.067 mg/kg/d) results in a similar or even more favorable metabolic health at AH than GH 1 mg/m(2) per day.METHODS:
This was a longitudinal, randomized, dose-response GH trial involving 107 short SGA children (58 girls) treated with GH until AH (GH randomized 1 or 2 mg/m(2)/d during puberty). Sixty-four children received additional GnRHa. At AH, metabolic parameters were compared between children treated with combined GH/GnRHa and those with only GH. The GH dose effect on metabolic health was evaluated in a subgroup of 47 children who started GH treatment in early puberty (randomized 1 or 2 mg/m(2)/d) with 2 years of GnRHa.RESULTS:
At AH, fat mass percentage (FM%) SD score (SDS), lean body mass (LBM) SDS, blood pressure SDS, and lipid profile were similar between children treated with combined GH/GnRHa and those with only GH. In the pubertal subgroup, FM% SDS was lower during treatment with GH 2 mg/m(2) per day. There was no GH dose-dependent effect on LBM SDS, blood pressure, and lipid profile.CONCLUSIONS:
Combined GH/GnRHa treatment has no long-term negative effects on metabolic health compared with only GH. Started in early puberty, a GH dose of 2 mg/m(2) per day results in a similar metabolic health at AH and a more favorable FM% than GH 1 mg/m(2) per day.
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Assunto principal:
Composição Corporal
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Estatura
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Leuprolida
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Hormônio do Crescimento Humano
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Transtornos do Crescimento
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article