Publication Date
January 1, 2005
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This open-label randomized study sheds light on the dose effect of growth hormone treatment on the growth velocity and final height of children with Idiopatthic Short Stature.
Patients were treated with GH at 0.24 mg/kg/week, 0.24 mg/kg/week for the first year and at 0.37 mg/kg/week thereafter (0.24–>0.37), or 0.37 mg/kg/week. Final height was evaluated in 50 patients at study completion (mean treatment duration, 6.5 years). Patients who received 0.37 mg/kg/week (n = 72) experienced a significantly greater increase in height velocity than those who received 0.24 mg/kg/week (n = 70). For the primary comparison between the 0.37 mg/kg/week and 0.24 mg/kg/week dose groups, the mean treatment difference was 0.57 SDS (3.6 cm; P = .025).