CrescNet - Growth Monitoring Network

CrescNet - Computer-guided, Population-based Surveillance System for Growth Disorders

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03072537

Acronym

CrescNet

Enrollment

1000000

Registered

2017-03-07

Start date

1998-01-01

Completion date

2028-01-01

Last updated

2023-11-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Child Development, Growth Disorders, Obesity

Keywords

growth, BMI, obesity, childhood, adolescence, development

Brief summary

CrescNet is a network of primary care physicians and pediatricians (n=219) and endocrinological treatment centers (n=33), established in Leipzig in 1998, whose aim is to improve the early detection of growth disorders. Secondary to this clinical aim, epidemiological analyses, for example on secular trends of growth data of children, are performed.

Detailed description

Pediatricians participating in CrescNet provide pseudononymized data on patients' height, weight, and head circumferences to the CrescNet registry. Growth data are evaluated by automatized filter algorithms and by a pediatric endocrinologist. CrescNet does not have access to patients or personal patient data. Each participating pediatrician receives a quarterly screening report with recommendations for the work-up of children with abnormal growth or abnormal development of weight or body mass index. The data registry is used for scientific purposes.The collection of data from healthy children allows the generation of evidence based statements about prevalence rates of growth disorders and also about the rates in disorders of weight development. For this, data are provided completely anonymized without allowing conclusions on personal patient data.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 18 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Population based sample with inclusion of any patient seen by primary care or institutional physician/pediatrician, regardless of the objective for the visit (well child visits, acute visits or special requests)

Exclusion criteria

none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
growth disorders	18 years	Early detection of growth disorders in childhood and adolescent development. For this, not only absolute data but also growth velocity data are evaluated.
obesity	18 years	detection of critical age periods for the development of obesity. For this, not only absolute data but also growth velocity data are evaluated.

Countries

Germany

Contacts

Primary ContactRoland W Pfäffle, MD

roland.pfaeffle@medizin.uni-leipzig.de

Backup ContactRuth Gausche

gausche@crescnet.org

Outcome results