Weekly shot could replace daily injections for kids with growth hormone deficiency

NCT ID NCT03811535

Summary

This study tested whether a new weekly growth hormone injection (somapacitan) works as well and is as safe as the standard daily injection (Norditropin®) for children with growth hormone deficiency. Over 200 children participated in this 4-year trial, where they were randomly assigned to receive either the weekly or daily treatment. The main goal was to see if children grew at a similar rate with the weekly injection, which would offer a more convenient option for families.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • A.I. duPont Hospital for Children/Nemours

    Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States

  • Addenbrooke's Hospital_Cambridge

    Cambridge, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom

  • Aichi Children's Health and Medical Center

    Obu-shi, Aichi, 474-8710, Japan

  • Ajou University Hospital

    Gyeonggi-do, 16499, South Korea

  • Alder Hey Children's Hospital

    Liverpool, L12 2AP, United Kingdom

  • All India Institute of Medical Sciences

    New Dehli, New Delhi, 110029, India

  • Amrita Institute Of Medical Sciences & Research Centre

    Kochi, Kerala, 682041, India

  • Ap-Hp-Hopital Necker-2

    Paris, 75015, France

  • Ap-Hp-Hopital de Bicetre-1

    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94270, France

  • Asan Medical Center

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Assistance Publique Hopitaux de Marseille-Hopital de La Timone-2

    Marseille, 13005, France

  • Auf der Bult Medizinisches Versorgungszentrum Hannover

    Hanover, 30159, Germany

  • CCHMC_Cinc

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • CHI Crumlin Dept of Endocrinology

    Dublin, D12 N512, Ireland

  • CHU Bab El Oued Pediatrics Dept

    Algiers, 16000, Algeria

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D'Angers-2

    Angers, 49100, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bordeaux-Hopital Pellegrin

    Bordeaux, 33000, France

  • Children's Clinical University Hospital

    Riga, 1004, Latvia

  • Children's Hosp Of Orange

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • Children's Hospital Los Angeles - Endocrinology

    Los Angeles, California, 90027, United States

  • Children's Mercy Clinics

    Kansas City, Missouri, 64111, United States

  • Children's Minnesota

    Saint Paul, Minnesota, 55102, United States

  • Children's clinical city hospital #1

    Novosibirsk, 630048, Russia

  • Cook Children's Medical Center

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • Dell Children's Medical Center

    Austin, Texas, 78723, United States

  • Endo and Diab Dept El Oued

    Algiers, 16000, Algeria

  • Endokrinologikum Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, 60596, Germany

  • FSBEI of Higher Education "Rostov State Medical University"

    Rostov-on-Don, 344013, Russia

  • Fukuoka Children's Hospital_Endocrinology and Metabolism

    Fukuoka-shi, Fukuoka, 813-0017, Japan

  • Fukuyama City Hospital_Department of Pediatrics

    Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima, 721-8511, Japan

  • Goryeb Children's Hospital

    Morristown, New Jersey, 07962, United States

  • HOPITAL DES ENFANTS-HOPITAL PAULE DE VIGUIER - Pharmacie

    Toulouse, 31059, France

  • Hamamatsu Univ. School of Medicine Hospital, Pediatrics

    Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan

  • Haukeland Universitetssykehus, Barneklinikken

    Bergen, 5021, Norway

  • Hopital de Bicetre_Le Kremlin-Bicetre

    Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, 94275, France

  • Hopital de La Timone

    Marseille Cédex 05, 13385, France

  • Hospital Clínico de Santiago de Compostela

    Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, 15706, Spain

  • Hospital Sant Joan de Déu

    Esplugues Llobregat(Barcelona), 08950, Spain

  • Hull Royal Infirmary

    Hull, HU3 2JZ, United Kingdom

  • Hyogo Prefectual Kobe Children's Hospital Dept. Metab & endo

    Kobe-shi, Hyogo, 650-0047, Japan

  • IRCCS Meyer Firenze

    Florence, 50139, Italy

  • Ibaraki Children's Hospital_General Pediatrics

    Mito, Ibaraki, 311-4145, Japan

  • Inha University Hospital

    Incheon, 22332, South Korea

  • Inje University Busan Paik Hospital

    Busan, 47392, South Korea

  • Institute for Health Care of Children and Adolescents

    Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia

  • Institute for Mother and Child Health Care of Serbia

    Belgrade, 11070, Serbia

  • Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital_Pediatrics

    Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan

  • Instytut ''Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka''

    Warsaw, 04-730, Poland

  • Jehangir Clinical Development Centre

    Pune, Maharashtra, 411001, India

  • KOUJIYA Kodomo Clinic

    Tokyo, 144-0034, Japan

  • Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Dev. Endo and Metabo

    Kanagawa, 232-8555, Japan

  • Kangdong Sacred Heart Hospital

    Seoul, 05355, South Korea

  • Keio University Hospital, Pediatrics

    Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan

  • Kharkiv Regional Children's Clinical Hospital - Endocrinological department

    Kharkiv, 61093, Ukraine

  • Kinderspital Endokrinologie, Zürich

    Zurich, 8032, Switzerland

  • King Chulalongkorn Memorial hospital_Ped-Endocrinology

    Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

  • Kliniczny Szpital Wojewodzki nr 2 im. Sw. Jadwigi Krolowej w Rzeszowie

    Rzeszów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, 35-301, Poland

  • Komisarenko Institute of Endocrinology and Metabolism of NAMSU - Department of paediatric endocrine pathology

    Kyiv, 04114, Ukraine

  • Kurume University Hospital, Pediatrics

    Fukuoka, 830-0011, Japan

  • Kyungpook National University Hospital

    Daegu, 41944, South Korea

  • LKH Salzburg- Univ. Klinik f. Kinder- und Jugendheilkunde

    Salzburg, A 5020, Austria

  • LKH St. Poelten, Kinder-und Jugendheilkunde

    Sankt Pölten, 3100, Austria

  • Med. Kinder- und Poliklinik

    Bern, 3010, Switzerland

  • Med. Univ. Graz -Klinische Abteilung f. Allgemeine Pädiatrie

    Graz, 8036, Austria

  • Meir MC - Department of Paediatrics

    Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

  • Mntrl Chldrn Hsptl PedEndoMUHC

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3J1, Canada

  • MultiCare Inst for Res & Innov

    Tacoma, Washington, 98405, United States

  • NYU Langone Hospital-LI

    Mineola, New York, 11501, United States

  • Nara Prefecture General Medical Center_ Nara-shi, Nara

    Nara-shi, Nara, 630-8581, Japan

  • National Center for Child Health and Dev, Endo and Metabo

    Tokyo, 157 8535, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization FUKUYAMA MEDICAL CENTER

    Fukuyama-shi, Hiroshima, 720-8520, Japan

  • Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital_Pediatrics

    Niigata-shi, Niigata, 951 8520, Japan

  • Okayama Medical Center_Cardiology

    Okayama-shi, Okayama, 701-1192, Japan

  • Osaka City General Hospital, Pediatric Endocrinology and Me

    Osaka, 534-0021, Japan

  • Osaka University Hospital_Pediatrics

    Suita-shi, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

  • Osaka Women's and Children's Hospital

    Osaka, 594-1101, Japan

  • Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico UO Endocrinologia Diabetolgia

    Milan, 20122, Italy

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu

    Roma, 00165, Italy

  • Ospedale Pediatrico Gaslini

    Genova, 16147, Italy

  • Ped Endo Assoc PC-G.V

    Greenwood Village, Colorado, 80111-2803, United States

  • Pediatric Endocrine & Wellness Center

    Aventura, Florida, 33180, United States

  • Phramongkutklao Hospital_Ped-Endo_Pediatrics

    Bangkok, 10400, Thailand

  • RMAPE

    Moscow, 125373, Russia

  • Rambam MC - Department of Pediatrics A

    Haifa, 31096, Israel

  • Republic Children's Hospital of Ministry of Health of Udmurt

    Izhevsk, 426009, Russia

  • Rigshospitalet Klinik for Vækst og Reproduktion Afsnit 5064

    Copenhagen Ø, 2100, Denmark

  • Riley Hospital For Children

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Rocky Mt Ped and Endo

    Centennial, Colorado, 80112, United States

  • Royal London Hospital_London

    London, E1 1BB, United Kingdom

  • Royal Manchester Children's Hospital

    Manchester, M13 9WL, United Kingdom

  • SPSBHI City Children out-patient clinic #44

    Saint Petersburg, 191144, Russia

  • SPSK nr 1 im Prof. T Sokolowskiego

    Szczecin, 71-252, Poland

  • Saitama Children's Medical Center, Endocrinorogy&Metabolism

    Saitama-shi, Saitama, 330-8777, Japan

  • Salzkammergut-Klinikum Vöcklabruck

    Vöcklabruck, 4840, Austria

  • Samara Regional Children Clinical Hospital n.a. N.N. Ivanova

    Samara, 443079, Russia

  • Samsung Medical Center_Seoul

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Schneider MC - Endrocrinology and Diabetes

    Petah Tikva, 49202, Israel

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea

  • Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Gyeonggi-do, 13620, South Korea

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    Seoul, 03080, South Korea

  • Setchenov First Moscow State Medical University

    Moscow, 119435, Russia

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 03722, South Korea

  • Shamir MC - Pediatric and Adolescents Endocrinology unit

    Ẕerifin, 7033001, Israel

  • Siberian State Medical University

    Tomsk, 634050, Russia

  • St George's Hospital

    Tooting, SW17 0RE, United Kingdom

  • St Georges Hospital

    Tooting, SW17 0RE, United Kingdom

  • Stollery Children's Hospital

    Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2B7, Canada

  • Sutter Valley Med Fdt Ped Endo

    Sacramento, California, 95821, United States

  • Szegedi Tudományegyetem Gyermekgyógyászati Klinika

    Szeged, 6720, Hungary

  • Tallinn Children's Hospital

    Tallinn, 13419, Estonia

  • Tanaka Growth Clinic

    Tokyo, 158-0097, Japan

  • Tartu University Hospital Children's Clinic

    Tartu, 50406, Estonia

  • The Docs

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89113, United States

  • Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center_Endo and Metab

    Tokyo, 183-8561, Japan

  • UBMD Peds-Div of Endo/Diabetes

    Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States

  • UPMC Child Hosp-Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15224, United States

  • Uniklinik Tübingen - Kinder- und Jugendmedizin

    Tübingen, 72076, Germany

  • Uniklinik Ulm - Dt. Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendgesundheit (DZKJ)

    Ulm, 89075, Germany

  • Univ Oklahoma Sci Ctr OK City

    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 73104, United States

  • Univ of AL at Birmingham_BRM

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • Univ of Minnesota M.C.H.

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454, United States

  • Univ.HP, Kyoto Pref Univ of Medicine, Dept. of Pediatrics

    Kyoto, 602-8566, Japan

  • University Children's Hospital

    Ljubljana, 1525, Slovenia

  • University Children's Hospital Tirsova

    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

  • University Clinical Centre Kragujevac

    Kragujevac, 34000, Serbia

  • University Clinical Centre Nis

    Niš, RS, 18 000, Serbia

  • University OF Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • Universitäts-Kinderspital beider Basel

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland

  • Valley Children's Hospital

    Madera, California, 93636-8762, United States

  • Van Meter Pediatric Endo PC

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30318, United States

  • Vinnytsia Regional Clinical Endocrinological Centre - Therapeutic department #2

    Vinnytsia, 21010, Ukraine

  • WakeMed Childn Endo-Dbt_Raleig

    Raleigh, North Carolina, 27610, United States

  • Yale-New Haven Hospital

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06504, United States

  • endocrino-diabetology department, Hospital IBN BADIS.

    Constantine, 25000, Algeria

  • Észak-Közép-budai Centrum, Szent János Kórház és Szakrendelő

    Budapest, 1023, Hungary

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