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Clinical Experience with Genotropin in Growth Hormone Deficient Children
Author(s) -
WILTON P.,
GUNNARSSON R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta pædiatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1988.tb10808.x
Subject(s) - medicine , bone age , regimen , pediatrics , growth velocity , somatropin , growth hormone , hormone
The efficacy of Genotropin (recombinant somatropin, KabiVitrum AB, Sweden) was analysed in 194 children with GH deficiency, comprising a combined series of four multicentre trials. The linear height velocity increased from 3.3±1.4 to 9.3±2.6 cm/year in 149 prepubertal children with 12 months’data available. In 18 pubertal children the pretreatment height velocity was 4.0±1.2, and increased to 8.4±1.7 cm/year during 12 months of treatment. There was a positive correlation between the gain in height velocity and the weekly dose of Genotropin. Covariance analysis revealed significantly greater height velocity with 6‐7 injections/week compared to 2‐3 injections/week; corrections for chronological age, bone age, height SD score and dose were made. On average, a regimen of 6‐7 injections/week was 25% more effective than one of 2‐3 injections/week corresponding to an extra gain in height velocity of 1.8±0.6 cm/year. At 12 months, only 0.9% of the children had developed anti‐GH antibodies. Very few side‐effects have been reported from more than 1000 children on Genotropin.