Octreotide Therapy in Children and Young Adults With Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS)

Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate over a 6 month period the effect of octreotide therapy on food intake, sense of hunger, body weight, body composition, efficiency of burning calories, biomarkers of weight regulation and growth hormone markers in children and young Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome(PWS).

Timeline

Start

2006-12

Primary completion

2009-04

Completion

2010-09

Publications

• Background Haqq AM, Stadler DD, Rosenfeld RG, Pratt KL, Weigle DS, Frayo RS, LaFranchi SH, Cummings DE, Purnell JQ. Circulating ghrelin levels are suppressed by meals and octreotide therapy in children with Prader-Willi syndrome. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Aug;88(8):3573-6. doi: 10.1210/jc.2003-030205.

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