Effect of 4 years of growth hormone therapy in children with Noonan syndrome in the American Norditropin Studies: Web-Enabled Research (ANSWER) Program® registry.

Authors

Peter A Lee, Department of Pediatrics, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of MedicineFollow
Judith Ross, DuPont Hospital for Children, Department of Pediatrics, Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow
John A Germak, Novo Nordisk Inc., Department of Clinical Development, Medical and Regulatory AffairsFollow
Robert Gut, Novo Nordisk Inc., Department of Clinical Development, Medical and Regulatory AffairsFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2012

Comments

This article has been peer reviewed. It was published in: International journal of pediatric endocrinology .

2012; 2012(1): 15. .

The published version is available at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3477766/. DOI: 10.1186/1687-9856-2012-15.

Copyright © 2012 Lee et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Noonan syndrome (NS) is a genetic disorder characterized by phenotypic features, including facial dysmorphology, cardiovascular anomalies, and short stature. Growth hormone (GH) has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for short stature in children with NS. The objective of this analysis was to assess the height standard deviation score (HSDS) and change in HSDS (ΔHSDS) for up to 4 years (Y4) of GH therapy in children with NS.

METHODS: The American Norditropin Studies: Web-Enabled Research (ANSWER) Program®, a US-based registry, collects long-term efficacy and safety information on patients treated with Norditropin® (somatropin rDNA origin, Novo Nordisk A/S) at the discretion of participating physicians. A total of 120 children (90 boys, 30 girls) with NS, naïve to previous GH treatment, were included in this analysis.

RESULTS: The mean (SD) baseline age of subjects (n = 120) was 9.2 (3.8) years. Mean (SD) HSDS increased from -2.65 (0.73) at baseline to -1.32 (1.11) at Y4 (n = 17). Subjects showed continued increase in HSDS from baseline to Y4 without significant differences between genders at Y1 or Y2. The mean (SD) GH dose was 47 (11) mcg/kg/day at baseline and 59 (16) mcg/kg/day at Y4. There was a negative correlation between baseline age and ΔHSDS at Y1 (R = -0.3156; P = 0.0055) and Y2 (R = -0.3394; P = 0.017). ΔHSDS at Y1 was significantly correlated with ΔHSDS at Y2 (n = 37; R = 0.8527, P < 0.0001) and Y3 (n = 20; R = 0.5145; P = 0.0203), but not Y4 (n = 12; R = 0.4066, P = 0.1896).

CONCLUSIONS: GH treatment-naïve patients with NS showed continued increases in HSDS during 4 years of treatment with GH with no significant differences between genders up to 2 years. Baseline age was negatively correlated with ΔHSDS at Y1 and Y2. Whether long-term therapy in NS results in continued increase in HSDS to adult height remains to be investigated.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01009905.

Recommended Citation

Lee, Peter A; Ross, Judith; Germak, John A; and Gut, Robert, "Effect of 4 years of growth hormone therapy in children with Noonan syndrome in the American Norditropin Studies: Web-Enabled Research (ANSWER) Program® registry." (2012). Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers. Paper 54.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/pedsfp/54

PubMed ID

22682146