Long-term Trial on Growth Hormone Deficiency in Adults (GHDA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00184730 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : September 16, 2005
Last Update Posted : November 17, 2016
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Growth Hormone Disorder Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency | Drug: somatropin | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 86 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Investigation of the Efficacy and Safety of hGH in Long Term (More Than 48 Weeks) in GHDA. |
Study Start Date : | November 2004 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2006 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | September 2006 |

- Lipid-related laboratory tests parameters (total cholesterol, HDL-cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, and triglyceride) [ Time Frame: at the end of treatment ]
- GH-related laboratory parameters (IGF-I, IGF-I SDS, IGFBP-3, IGFBP-3 SDS and IGF-I / IGFBP-3 molar ratio) [ Time Frame: at the end of treatment ]
- Adverse events
- FPG, insulin, and HbA1C
- Clinical laboratory tests

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 19 Years to 67 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Subjects who completed GHLiquid-1519.
- If the subject has a history of treatment for a tumor of pituitary or peripheral site, two years or more have to be passed since completion of surgery, radiotherapy or other treatment, and recurrence of the underlying disease to be excluded.
- Appropriate replacement therapy has been administered for more than 24 weeks for the treatment of other pituitary hormone deficiencies.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subject with a history of acromegaly.
- Subject with diabetes mellitus.
- Subject suffering from malignancy.
- Several medical conditions

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00184730
Japan | |
Novo Nordisk Investigational Site | |
Tokyo, Japan, 1000005 |
Study Director: | Global Clinical Registry (GCR, 1452) | Novo Nordisk A/S |
Responsible Party: | Novo Nordisk A/S |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00184730 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
GHLIQUID-1650 JapicCTI-050134 ( Registry Identifier: japic ) |
First Posted: | September 16, 2005 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 17, 2016 |
Last Verified: | November 2016 |
Dwarfism, Pituitary Endocrine System Diseases Dwarfism Bone Diseases, Developmental Bone Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Bone Diseases, Endocrine |
Hypopituitarism Pituitary Diseases Hypothalamic Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |