Treatment Of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency After Traumatic Brain Injury.

April 21, 2015 updated by: Pfizer

Placebo-Controlled Trial On The Efficacy Of Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy In Patients With Growth Hormone Deficiency After Traumatic Brain Injury

To establish the effects of genotropin replacement in patients with severe growth hormone deficiency after traumatic brain injury on cognitive function.

Study Overview

Status

Withdrawn

Conditions

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 4

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 55 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Have had a previous traumatic brain injury (more than 1 year and less than 5 years) prior to the screening visit.
  • Have an Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale (GOS-E) more than or equal to 5.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Active systemic malignancy or active intracranial tumor. A successfully treated tumor or malignancy is not an exclusion criterion if the patient has not had active disease for 5 years and is not currently receiving maintenance chemotherapy, (except for basal cell skin cancers.
  • Receiving treatment with prednisolone in doses above 10 mg/day or treatment with other oral glucocorticosteroids above replacement doses is not permitted throughout the study. Topical and inhaled corticosteroids are permitted.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Double

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
The primary endpoint is the change from baseline in the CogState™ composite score at Week 36.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Change CogState™ at Week 12, 24, 60 and 72. Change in lean body mass and fat mass at Week 36 and 72. Change in the Extended Glasgow Outcome Scale at week 36 and 72. Change in quality of life at week 24, 36, 60 and 72. Summary of change in cardiovascular

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

April 1, 2007

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 5, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 6, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

February 7, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

April 22, 2015

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

April 21, 2015

Last Verified

April 1, 2015

More Information

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