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ClinicalTrials.gov ID

NCT01944475

Lead Sponsor

University of AarhusOTHER

Overall Status

Unknown status

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment

50Estimated

Last Update Posted

Sep 17, 2013Estimated

Start Date

Sep 2013

Primary Completion Date

Sep 2014Estimated

Completion Date

Sep 2014Estimated

Official Title

Follow-up of Girls With Premature Thelarche and Precocious Puberty: a Clinical and Paraclinical Study of Girls With Thelarche and Healthy Controls

Brief Summary

Precocious puberty - the onset of signs of puberty before 8 years of age in girls - is be physically and emotionally devastating for kids and is sometimes caused by an underlying and medical condition. One sign of precocious puberty in small girls is breast development (thelarche). This can persist without other physical changes of puberty, it may continue into precocious puberty, or it may disappear. This project will improve the diagnostics of precocious puberty in girls and improve our ability to identify which girls with thelarche, who will develop precocious puberty and need medical treatment.

Detailed Description

The purpose of the study is

1. To conduct an epidemiological study in which characteristics of 0-6 year-old girls with either premature thelarche or precocious puberty are described (as specified below)
2. To conduct a clinical and para-clinical re-examination of the before-mentioned (1))0-6 year-old girls
3. To compare the clinical and paraclinical parameters in point 1) mentioned 0-6 year-old girls with a control group of children at the same age, whiteout thelarche and precocious puberty. (Local Ethics Committee has approved the study of the control group, case number 1-10-72-631-12.)

The study includes a chart review of registered 0-6 year-old girls diagnosed with premature thelarche or precocious puberty from 1998 and until today at Dept. of Pediatrics A, AUH Skejby. The cohort has not earlier been examined and the number of girls in the cohort is estimated from our clinical experience with this patient group to be about 50 in total. The following characteristics from the patients records will be registered in a database:

Age at diagnosis, anthropometry (height and weight), Tanner stage - breast, Tanner stage - pubic hair, GnRH test (LH and FSH response), thyroid parameters, estrogen, prolactin, 17OHP, androstenedione, dihydroepiandrosteron (DHEA), testosterone, inhibin B, SHBG, AFP, kisspeptin, human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), bone age, MRI of the cerebrum, US of internal genitalia, and exposures to environmental chemicals known to affect secondary sex characteristics.

The database will be developed in the program Access. The results will be reported as mean and standard deviation and minimum and maximum values for each age group by Tanner stage, if the data are normally distributed. Non-normally distributed data will be given as median and confidence intervals as well as minimum and maximum values for each Tanner stage. Data for previously studied children with suspected precocious puberty, will be reported in the same way. Statistical comparison between the groups will be made with u-paired t-test or equivalent non-parametric test, if the data is not normally distributed.

The Data Unit at Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, identifies 0-6 year-old girls with diagnoses premature thelarche or precocious puberty in 1998 and onwards. Girls below 8 years of age at baseline of the project (1st of September 2013) will be contacted and requested to participate in a re-examination.

The follow-up is a clinical and paraclinical re-examination, where the following parameters are measured: anthropometry (height and weight), skinfold thickness, Tanner stage, bone age, GnRH test, p-estrogen, p-testosterone , p-SHBG, p- androstenedione, p-dihydroandrostendion, p-inhibin B, p-thyroid parameters, ultrasound examination of the genitalia interna and a blood sample for studies of polymorphism in the estrogen receptor gene and aromatase enzyme gene.

If the girls are unable or unwilling to attend the reexamination, they are requested to fill out a questionnaire instead as follows:

• name, social security number, date of completion the questionnaire
• current height, current weight, birth weight, origin
• date of onset of puberty if started, current pubertal development, menarche
• diseases/admissions

Regarding the mother:

- age at menarche, medicine during pregnancy/breastfeeding, diet during pregnancy/breastfeeding, use of cosmetics /cream/shampoo during pregnancy,

Regarding the family:

- others with early breast development/early puberty

The project is conducted at Dept. of Pediatrics A, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Skejbygårdsvej 100, 8200 Aarhus N. The other pediatric wards in the Region of Midtjylland (located in Randers, Viborg and Herning) will be included in the project if they prefer to participate.

• Precocious Puberty
• Excess; Development, Breast

Ages Eligible for Study

Child (0-17)

Sexes Eligible for Study

Female

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Clinical diagnosis of precocious puberty or premature thelarche
• 0-6 year old girls at time of diagnosis for the medical record review
• 0-8 year old girls at baseline for the re-examination

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Observational Model

Case-Only

Lead Sponsor

University of AarhusOTHER

Collaborators

Aarhus University Hospital SkejbyOTHER

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