Growth hormone may boost Kids' happiness, not just height
NCT ID NCT05195437
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how growth hormone treatment affects the quality of life of children with short stature once they reach their final adult height. Researchers are giving questionnaires to 36 young people who were treated with growth hormone and comparing their answers to ones they gave when starting treatment. The goal is to see if the therapy improves emotional and social well-being over the long term.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- growth hormone
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm that growth hormone therapy improves emotional and social well-being in children with short stature, not just their height.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, observational follow-up study with no control group, so results may not apply to all children. It measures quality of life through questionnaires, not hard medical outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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36 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Mar 2022
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- 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.
Who is studied
Adolescents and young adults followed or having been followed by the endocrinology, gynecology and pediatric diabetology department of the Necker Enfants Malades hospital, who reached their final height, who have been treated with growth hormone due to short stature and who had participed in the initial study : PedsQL 4.0 and QoLiSSY questionnaires completed at starting growth hormone therapy and after one year of growth hormone therapy.
- Ages
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15 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
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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: * Adolescents and young adults followed or having been followed by the endocrinology, gynecology and pediatric diabetology department of the Necker Enfants Malades hospital and treated with growth hormone because of their short stature. * Patient who participated in the initial study. * Patient having reached the final height during the last consultation (growth rate less than 1 cm / year and / or bone age ≥ 15 years for girls, ≥ 17 years for boys). * Holders of parental authority, minor patients and adult patients informed and not opposed to their participation in the study. Exclusion Criteria: \- Refusal to participate in the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades
Paris, 75015, France
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