Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency, Growth Hormone Deficiency
Conditions
Keywords
Growth Hormone, Adult
Brief summary
Our objective is to evaluate the outcome in adulthood of Belgian and Luxembourgish patients treated with rhGH during childhood for CO-GHD. The primary goal is to determine the proportion of adult CO-GHD patients who continue to receive regular medical follow-up and those still undergoing rhGH therapy using a questionnaire. Secondary objectives include assessing the regularity of follow-up and compliance with treatment in adulthood, evaluating possible comorbidities, health issues, lifestyle, living environment, and quality of life. Additionally, we aim to assess the metabolic profile in adulthood, particularly focusing on BMI, glycemic, and lipid data, for patients who consent to share their current clinical and biological data. Data will be described according to treatment adherence and CO-GHD etiology/phenotypes (e.g., idiopathic vs. organic GHD, isolated vs. combined GHD, partial vs. severe GHD).
Interventions
OTHERBiological Sample
Clinical examination and blood test. The clinical examination and blood test are considered standard-of-care as they could be performed annually or bi-annually as part of an adult GHD follow-up. Subsequently, the data will be collected directly from the patient's chosen physician.
Sponsors
Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de Louvain
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
We aim to include both male and female adult patients with a diagnosis of childhood onset-GHD, registered in BELGROW, that stopped the GH therapy for growth after 2011 and have a persistent GHD in adolescence/transition period. After completing a questionnaire, each participant will be assigned an analysis group: * Group 1: Patients with regular follow-up for their GHD (treated with rhGH or not) in a adult endocrinology department including a clinical examination and endocrine blood work-up at least once a year * Group 2: Patients who are lost to follow-up or not regularly followed for their GHD (or only followed by their GP with no endocrine assessment)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age \> or = 18 years * Diagnosed with child-hood onset growth hormone deficiency (CO-GHD) (no
Exclusion criteria
isolated or multiple GHD, idiopathic or organic, severe or partial) * Registered in the BELGROW registry (informed consent at the time of inclusion in registry) * Stopped treatment with rhGH for growth after 2011 * Persistent GHD at the end of growth
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Determine the proportion of adult CO-GHD patients who continue to receive regular. medical follow-up | Baseline | Using our questionnaire, the primary objective is to determine the proportion of adult CO-GHD patients who continue to receive regular medical follow-up (and where/by who) and the proportion of patients still undergoing rhGH therapy. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Assessment of the regularity of follow-up and compliance with a questionnaire. | Baseline | Assessment of the regularity of follow-up and compliance to treatment in adulthood (in patients that are still followed and/or treated with rhGH therapy), with the help of a questionnaire created by the research team. |
| Assessment of the possible comorbidities and health issues with a questionnaire. | Baseline | Assessment of the possible comorbidities and health issues, lifestyle, living environment and quality of live (all patients) in adulthood. with the help of a questionnaire created by the research team. |
| Assessment of the metabolic profile in adulthood. | 1 year per patient | Assessment of the metabolic profile in adulthood - particularly in relation to BMI, glycemic and lipid data. (fasting glycemia, fasting insulin, hemoglobin A1c, transaminase levels, lipid profile (total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL), low-density lipoprotein (LDL), and triglycerides), insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) levels, and other hormone levels (thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), thyroxine (T4), prolactin (PRL), luteinizing hormone (LH), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), estradiol/testosterone, cortisol).). Each of these data will be compared with the clinical data in the same way. |
| Describe those data according to treatment adherence. | Baseline | Describe those data according to treatment adherence and CO- GHD etiology/phenotypes (e.g. idiopathic vs organic GHD, isolated vs combined GHD, partial vs severe GHD) The questionnaire will provide us with information on patients' adherence to treatment. |
Countries
Belgium
Contacts
Primary ContactPhilippe Lysy, MD, PhD
Backup ContactLaure Boutsen, MD
Outcome results
None listed