drugset / Trial / NCT00004340

Phase II Randomized Study of the Effects of Growth Hormone on Children and Adolescents on Maintenance Dialysis

NCT00004340

RandomizedTreatment

Summary

OBJECTIVES: I. Evaluate the separate and combined skeletal effects of recombinant human growth hormone (GH) and calcitriol in patients with adynamic renal osteodystrophy. II. Assess whether calcium-regulated changes in parathyroid hormone secretion predict changes in bone formation. III. Characterize the response to GH in cancellous bone and in growth plate cartilage in patients with secondary hyperparathyroidism during calcitriol therapy.

Timeline

Start
1995-06
Primary completion
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Calcitriol Small molecule Oral
Subject Somatropin Protein / enzyme biologic Subcutaneous