Could your Baby's first months predict when puberty starts?
NCT ID NCT05463120
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 11, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study follows about 566 children who were part of an earlier infant study to see how things like growth, hormones, and feeding in early life relate to when puberty begins. Teens and their parents will fill out questionnaires, measure height and weight, and collect urine samples at home over a year. The goal is to understand why puberty is starting earlier in recent decades.
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Study facts
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- Participants
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About 566 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2022
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The eligible population includes 283 children (136 girls, 147 boys), and their mothers or other parent/guardian, who completed the original IFED study, conducted when the children where 0-9 months of age (2010-2014).
- Ages
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8 to 100 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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* INCLUSION CRITERIA: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Completion of the original IFED study, defined as participants who did not withdraw from the study or were not withdrawn by the investigator prior to the end of original follow-up (up to 7 months in males and 9 months in females) and who provided at least the minimum number of blood samples (3 for boys, 4 for girls) across the original study period (N=283 eligible families). 2. Ability of subject and mother to understand and the willingness to review informed assent and consent documents, respectively, and indicate agreement to participate. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: We will not exclude any participants that meet the inclusion criteria from participating in the study overall or in any of the study procedures. We will collect information, via maternal report and linked medical records, on relevant medical diagnoses and the use of medications that may affect hormone levels, growth, and pubertal development. We may exclude participants with reported conditions or medication use (listed below) from analyses of some study aims or in sensitivity analyses. Diagnoses/conditions: * Central or peripheral precocious puberty * Delayed puberty * Growth hormone deficiency * Stunted or delayed growth * Idiopathic short stature * Hypopituitarism * Thyroid conditions, such as hyperthyroid, hypothyroid, Graves disease, Hashimoto's thyroiditis * Genetic conditions, such as Prader-Willi syndrome, Turner syndrome, and Noonan syndrome Medications: * Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Agonists (e.g., leuprolide acetate (Lupron Depot), triptorelin (Triptodur), histrelin implant (Supprelin LA)) * Hormone therapy (e.g., testosterone, estrogen) * Synthetic human growth hormone or IGF-1 * Synthetic thyroid hormone (e.g., levothyroxine) * Anti-thyroid medications (e.g., methimazole, propylthiouracil) or radioactive iodine treatment
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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Social & Scientific Systems
Durham, North Carolina, 27703, United States
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