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The effect of a continuous infusion of a somatostatin analogue (octreotide) for two years on growth hormone secretion and height prediction in tall children.

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OBJECTIVE:Strategies to limit the final height of tall children have centred on the use of high doses of sex steroids to advance skeletal maturation. This limits therapy to the peripubertal years whereas the greatest gain in height is in the prepubertal years. Prepubertal growth is largely GH dependent and previous work has documented modulation of GH secretion by once or twice daily subcutaneous injection of the somatostatin analogue octreotide. In this study we have determined the effects of a nocturnal infusion of octreotide on height prediction, GH and TSH secretion in tall children. DESIGN:A patient controlled study in which height prediction and 24-hour GH and TSH secretion were compared prior to and during the course of a 2-year treatment programme with a nocturnal infusion of octreotide in a dose of 1-1.5 micrograms/kg body weight given subcutaneously. PATIENTS:Nine tall children (4M; 5F) aged 7-14 years with final height predictions of 179 cm or greater in the girls and between 183 and 202 cm in the boys were studied. MEASUREMENTS:Height prediction using the Tanner-Whitehouse system prior to and at the end of 2 years of treatment. Twenty-four-hour serum GH and TSH concentration profiles, thyroxine, IGF-I and GH responses to GHRH(1-29)NH2 were studied prior to and at the end of the first year of therapy. RESULTS:Treatment with octreotide led to a significant reduction in height prediction in 7 of the 8 children who completed treatment (median reduction 3.5 cm, range +2.8 to -11.5; Wilcoxon, P = 0.05). Twenty-four-hour mean serum GH concentration decreased by 50% (MANOVA, P = 0.03) during therapy and this was accompanied by an increase in the percentage of samples giving values less than 0.5 mU/l (MANOVA, P = 0.02). There was no overall change in the serum GH response to GHRH(1-29)NH2 or serum IGF-I concentrations. Nocturnal serum TSH concentrations were reduced to levels observed during the daytime but these changes had no effect on serum thyroxine values. One patient developed gallstones during the course of therapy. CONCLUSIONS:A nocturnal infusion of octreotide reduces GH secretion and height prediction in tall children. Therapy with somatostatin analogues allows a reduction in growth rate to be instigated in the prepubertal years reducing the actual height from which will commence the pubertal growth spurt.

journal_name

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf)

journal_title

Clinical endocrinology

authors

Hindmarsh PC,Pringle PJ,Stanhope R,Brook CG

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2265.1995.tb02670.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1995-05-01 00:00:00

pages

509-15

issue

eissn

0300-0664

issn

1365-2265

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The effect of a continuous infusion of a somatostatin analogue (octreotide) for two years on growth hormone secretion and height prediction in tall children.