Liver disease growth study cancelled before it began
NCT ID NCT01314508
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study planned to test a growth factor medicine (Increlex) in children aged 4-18 with chronic liver disease and short stature. The goal was to see if it could improve growth and quality of life. However, the study was withdrawn before any participants were enrolled, so no results are available.
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Study facts
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- 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.
- Start date
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Jun 2011
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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4 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: Pre liver transplant patients with: * Chronic liver disease * Short stature (\< 5%) * Low IGF-1 (\<-1SDS for age) * Chronologic age 4-18 and bone age \< 14 for boys and \< 12 for girls (pre-pubertal) Exclusion Criteria: * Status post transplant * Evidence of malignancy * Diabetes mellitus * Participation in other clinical trials involving investigational products * Treatment with growth hormone within 3 months * Pregnancy * Significant abnormality in clinical results * Hypoglycemic at baseline * Allergic to benzyl alcohol
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