Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-16-2023
Abstract
Context: Growth hormone (GH) therapy can increase linear growth in patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), Turner syndrome (TS), Noonan syndrome (NS), and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), although outcomes vary by disease state.
Objective: To assess growth and identify factors associated with growth response with long-term GH therapy.
Methods: Data from pediatric patients with GHD, TS, NS, and PWS obtained at GH treatment initiation (baseline) and annually for 5 years in the ANSWER Program and NordiNet® IOS were analyzed retrospectively. Height standard deviation score (HSDS) was assessed over time, and multivariate analyses determined variables with significant positive effects on growth outcomes in each patient cohort.
Results: Data from patients with GHD (n = 12 683), TS (n = 1307), NS (n = 203), and PWS (n = 102) were analyzed. HSDS increased over time during GH treatment in all cohorts. Factors with significant positive effects on ΔHSDS were younger age at GH initiation and lower HSDS at baseline (all cohorts) and higher GH dose (GHD and TS only); sex had no effect in any cohort. The modeling analysis showed that ΔHSDS was greatest in year 1 and attenuated over consecutive years through year 5. Estimated least-squares mean ΔHSDS values at year 5 by cohort were 1.702 (females) and 1.586 (males) in GHD, 1.033 in TS, 1.153 in NS, and 1.392 in PWS.
Conclusion: Long-term GH therapy results in large increases in HSDS in patients with GHD, TS, NS, and PWS. Greater gains in HSDS can be obtained with higher GH doses and earlier initiation of treatment.
Recommended Citation
Ross, Judith L.; Fridman, Moshe; Kelepouris, Nicky; Murray, Kristine; Krone, Nils; Polak, Michel; Rohrer, Tilman R; Pietropoli, Alberto; Lawrence, Neil; and Backeljauw, Philippe, "Factors Associated With Response to Growth Hormone in Pediatric Growth Disorders: Results of a 5-year Registry Analysis" (2023). Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers. Paper 132.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pedsfp/132
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PubMed ID
36936713
Language
English
Comments
This article is the author’s final published version in Journal of the Endocrine Society, Volume 7, Issue 4, February 2023, Article number bvad026.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1210/jendso/bvad026. Copyright © Ross et al.