Effect of adherence to growth hormone treatment on 0-2 year catch-up growth in children with growth hormone deficiency.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Quantifying the association between adherence and the growth response to growth hormone (GH) treatment is hampered by suboptimal methods of measuring adherence, confounders associated with the growth response, and restriction of the outcome parameters to yearly growth velocities.

Aim

To investigate the effect of adherence on the two-year growth response to GH treatment in prepubertal children with idiopathic isolated growth hormone deficiency (GHD) participating in the easypod connect observational study (ECOS), a 5-year, Phase IV open-label study to continuously assess real-world adherence via the easypod electronic drug-delivery device.

Patients and methods

Outcome measures were change in height standard deviation score (ΔHSDS), index of responsiveness (I

SUBMITTER: van Dommelen P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6200242 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature