None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Men and women aged 6 to 8 years 2) children less than 25 percentile based on 2007 standard growth chart percentile due to idiopathic 3) People who signed the informed consent form before participating in the study
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Children have Growth retardation caused by endocrine disorders (Growth Hormone deficiency, Hypothyroidism, type 1 diabetes mellitus etc.) 2)Children have Precocious Puberty(LH > 0.6 IU/L) 3)Children being treated with infected, tumor etc. 4)Children who have taken growth hormone within the last 4 weeks prior to the first visit of the study 5)Children who have taken functional foods or drugs within the last 2 weeks prior to the first visit of the study for growth 6)Patient has uncontrollable type 1 diabetes mellitus(Fasting blood glucose levels greater than 126 mg/dl) 7)TSH, T3, FT4 deviates from the normal value of the hospital 8)Patient has creatinine value exceeding 2 times of upper limit of the normal range at the hospital 9)Patient has AST(GOT) or ALT(GPT) value exceeding 2 times of upper limit of the normal range at the hospital 10)Subjects who are scheduled for another study during this study period 11)Subjects with any other health concerns
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Height | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Rate of growth;Height Standard Deviation Score(z-score);Bone age(X-ray);Growth Hormone;IGF-1(Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1, somatomedin C);GFBP-3(Insulin-Like Growth Factor-Binding Protein-3);Osteocalcin;1CTP(Cross-linked C-terminal telopeptide of type I collagen);BALP(Bone Alkaline Phosphatase);DPD(Urine Deoxypyridinoline) | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Kyung Hee University Oriental Medicine Hospital at Gangdong