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Mechanism of Growth Hormone Effects on Adipose Tissue

NCT00453557 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2016-12-08

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Summary

Growth hormone treatment in humans has been shown to decrease body fat. This study aims to determine what adipose tissue depots are affected by GH and what is the mechanism.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

rhGH

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven R Smith, M.D. · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Max Age
70 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-04-30
Primary Completion
2000-12-31
Completion
2000-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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