Title
Efficiency and Safety Study of Pegylated Somatropin to Treat Growth Hormone Deficiency Children
Efficiency and Safety of Pegylated Somatropin(PEG-somatropin) in the Treatment of Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency: a Multicenter, Randomized, Open-label, Controlled Phase 2 Study
Phase
Phase 2Lead Sponsor
GeneScience Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd.Study Type
InterventionalStatus
Completed No Results PostedIndication/Condition
Growth Hormone DeficiencyIntervention/Treatment
somatropin jintropin ...Study Participants
101The purpose of the multicenter, randomized, open-label, controlled phase II study is to determine whether pegylated recombinant human growth hormone is effective in the treatment of children with growth hormone deficiency.
0.1 mg/kg/wk once a week for 25 weeks
0.2 mg/kg/wk once a week for 25 weeks
0.25 mg/kg/wk, once a day for 25 weeks
Inclusion Criteria: have a height less than two standard deviations (SD) below the median height for individuals of the same age or height, a growth velocity (GV) ≤4 cm/yr, a GH peak concentration <7 ng/ml in two different provocative tests, a bone age (BA; ≤9 years in girls and ≤10 years in boys) at least 2 years less than his/her chronological age (CA); be in preadolescence (Tanner stage 1) and have a CA >3 years; have a height value recorded 3 months before the start of GH treatment to calculate pre-treatment GV; receive no prior GH treatment. sign informed consent Exclusion Criteria: patients with severe cardiopulmonary patients with hematological diseases a current or past history of malignant tumors immunodeficiency diseases mental diseases patients positive for hepatitis B e-antibody (HBeAb) hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) hepatitis B e antigen (HBeAg) patients with other growth disorders, such as Turner syndrome constitutional delay of growth and puberty, and Laron syndrome