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Protocol Number:
96-CH-0033
- Title:
An Open, Randomized, Long-Term Clinical Trial of Flutamide, Testolactone, and Reduced Hydrocortisone Dose vs. Conventional Treatment of Children with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
- Number:
96-CH-0033
- Summary:
This study was developed to determine if a combination of four drugs (flutamide, testolactone, reduced hydrocortisone dose, and fludrocortisone) can normalize growth in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia.
The study will take 60 children, boys and girls and divide them into 2 groups based on the medications given. Group one will receive the new four- drug combination. Group two will receive the standard treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia (hydrocortisone and fludrocortisone).
The boys in group one will take the medication until the age of 14 at which time they will stop taking the four drug combination and begin receiving the standard treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia. Girls in group one will take the four drug combination until the age of 13, at which time they will stop and begin receiving the standard treatment for congenital adrenal hyperplasia plus futamide. Flutamide will be given to the girls until six months after their first menstrual period.
All of the children will be followed until they reach their final adult height. The effectiveness of the treatment will be determined by measuring the patient's adult height, body mass index, and bone density.
- Sponsoring Institute:
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National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
- Recruitment Detail
- Type:
Active Accrual Of New Subjects
- Gender:
Male & Female
- Referral Letter Required:
No
- Population Exclusion(s):
None
- Eligibility Criteria:
INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Subjects will be boys with bone ages 2 to 13 years and girls with bone ages 2 to 11 years with classic 21-hydroxylase deficiency or 11-hydroxylase deficiency.
Subjects must either not yet have undergone pubertal activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis, or, if pubertal activation has occurred, must be receiving an LHRH agonist to suppress secondary central precocious puberty.
Children with a bone age of 1 to 2 years may enroll in the protocol for optimization of conventional therapy, but will not be randomized to a study arm until the bone age reaches 2.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Children who have concurrent illnesses requiring glucocorticoid treatment (such as severe asthma), or requiring drugs that markedly alter hydrocortisone metabolism (such as anticonvulsants), and children who cannont be brought into reasonable control with conventional treatment (an unusual occurrence).
- Special Instructions:
Currently Not Provided
- Keywords:
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21-Hydroxylase Deficiency
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11-Hydroxylase Deficiency
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Antiandrogen
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Aromatase Inhibitor
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Growth Disorder
- Recruitment Keywords:
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH)
- Conditions:
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Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
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Growth Disorder
- Investigational Drug(s):
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Flutamide and Testolactone
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Deslorelin
- Investigational Device(s):
- None
- Contacts:
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Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office
Building 61 10 Cloister Court Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4754 Toll Free: 1-800-411-1222 TTY: 301-594-9774 (local),1-866-411-1010 (toll free) Fax: 301-480-9793 Electronic Mail:prpl@mail.cc.nih.gov
- Citations:
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Congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency
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A preliminary study of flutamide, testolactone, and reduced hydrocortisone dose in the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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New approaches to the treatment of congenital adrenal hyperplasia
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