Do adults with childhood growth hormone deficiency keep up with care?
NCT ID NCT06694506
First seen Sep 21, 2026 · Last updated Sep 21, 2026
Summary
Researchers want to know what happens to adults who were treated with growth hormone as children for growth hormone deficiency. The study asks how many still see a doctor regularly and how many still take growth hormone. It also looks at health, lifestyle, and quality of life through questionnaires and, for those who agree, blood tests and body measurements.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If researchers learn how many adults with childhood growth hormone deficiency keep up with care, clinics could design better handoffs from pediatric to adult services.
- What could go wrong
- This study relies on questionnaires and volunteered medical records, so the answers may be incomplete or reflect only patients who stay in touch. It cannot prove what causes any health problems adults report.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age \> or = 18 years * Diagnosed with child-hood onset growth hormone deficiency (CO-GHD) (no exclusion criteria: isolated or multiple GHD, idiopathic or organic, severe or partial) * Registered in the BELGROW registry (informed consent at the time of inclusion in registry) * Stopped treatment with rhGH for growth after 2011 * Persistent GHD at the end of growth Exclusion Criteria: * No exclusion criteria
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc
RECRUITINGBrussels, Woluwe-saint-lambert, 1200, Belgium
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