Status:

COMPLETED

Optimization of the Dosage Regimen of Growth Hormone Therapy in Children Born Small for Gestational Age

Lead Sponsor:

Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Collaborating Sponsors:

Merck Serono S.A.S., an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Conditions:

Small Gestational Age (SGA)

Eligibility:

All Genders

6-11 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Multicentric, open-label, randomized, pilot comparative study in parallel groups comparing 1 group of subjects receiving 0.057 milligram/kilogram/day (mg/kg/day) or 0.40 mg/kg/week of Saizen® during 1...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • To be eligible for inclusion / randomization into this study, the subjects must fulfill all of the following criteria (if there is no inclusion phase, the inclusion criteria will be considered as inclusion criteria for randomization):
  • Written consent form signed by the parents / legal guardian, and child if possible
  • Subject born SGA and receiving a r-hGH therapy for this pathology
  • Recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH) started at the maximal chronological age of 7 years for girls and 8 years for boys
  • Treatment with r-hGH started for at least 30 months and less than 36 months at 0.057 mg/kg/day
  • Height gain during the first 2 years of GH treatment \> 1 SD compared with the initial value

Exclusion

  • To be eligible for inclusion in this study the subjects must not meet any of the following criteria:
  • Known hypersensitivity to Somatropin or any of the excipients
  • Active neoplasia (either newly diagnosed or recurrent)
  • Intracranial hypertension
  • Known diabetes mellitus
  • Proliferative or preproliferative diabetic retinopathy
  • Evidence of any progression or recurrence of an underlying intra-cranial space occupying lesion
  • Obesity defined as degree 1 on the corpulence curves
  • Precocious puberty
  • Pubertal status: Tanner breast development stage \> 2 for girls, and testicular volume \> 4 milliliter (mL) or testicular length \> 3 centimeter (cm) and/or testosterone value \>1 nanomole/liter \[nmol/L\] (0.29 gram/mL \[g/mL\]) for boys For girls \> 9 years and Tanner breast development stage 1: uterine size \> 35 millimeter (mm)
  • Severe chronic concomitant illness such as chronic renal failure, cystic fibrosis
  • Concomitant corticoid treatment or levothyroxine treatment other than substitutive treatment, topical or inhaled treatment
  • Participation to any clinical study within the 30 days preceding study entry

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 28 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

September 30 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

22 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00249821

Start Date

February 28 2005

End Date

September 30 2007

Last Update

September 26 2017

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