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Effect of GnRH analogue on height potential in patients with severe growth hormone insensitivity syndrome treated with IGF-I.

Abstract
Children with growth hormone insensitivity syndrome (GHIS) who receive insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) treatment and enter puberty with inadequate height gain are unlikely to reach adult height within the normal range. Final height standard deviation score (SDS) in most treated children is < or = -5. Combining IGF-1 with gonadotrophin-releasing hormone analogue (GnRHa) therapy may help to improve their final height. Three patients on IGF-1 treatment, two with primary GHI and one with secondary GHI, were started on GnRHa therapy at the onset of puberty. Their ages ranged from 6.4 years to 12.9 years at the start of IGF-1 therapy (120 microg/kg twice daily by subcutaneous injection). Gains in height/bone age SDSs under GnRHa therapy ranged from 0 to 0.9. Growth velocity on GnRHa therapy ranged from 4 cm/year to 4.8 cm/year. Bone maturation (measured as change in bone age divided by change in chronological age, deltaBA/deltaCA) decreased after the start of GnRHa therapy. Predicted adult height (PAH) improved in two patients and was maintained in one. Bone mineral density showed gradual improvement from baseline. Treatment with GnRHa resulted in a gain in PAH. Final height results will provide the definite answer on the effectiveness of this combined treatment.
AuthorsMohamed El Kholy, Heba H Elsedfy
JournalJournal of pediatric endocrinology & metabolism : JPEM (J Pediatr Endocrinol Metab) Vol. 24 Issue 11-12 Pg. 983-8 ( 2011) ISSN: 0334-018X [Print] Germany
PMID22308852 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)
Chemical References
  • Human Growth Hormone
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
Topics
  • Body Height (drug effects)
  • Child
  • Female
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (administration & dosage, analogs & derivatives)
  • Growth Charts
  • Human Growth Hormone (metabolism)
  • Humans
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I (administration & dosage)
  • Laron Syndrome (drug therapy, metabolism)
  • Male
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Treatment Outcome

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