Oxandrolone Compared With a Placebo on Growth Rate in Girls With Growth Hormone-Treated Turner's Syndrome

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Turner's Syndrome

In brief

RATIONALE: Turner's syndrome is a disease in which females are missing all or part of one X chromosome and do not produce the hormones estrogen and androgen. Giving growth hormone may help girls with Turner's syndrome attain a more normal height. It is not yet known if growth hormone is more effective with or without oxandrolone for Turner's syndrome. PURPOSE: Randomized phase II trial to study the effectiveness of oxandrolone in girls who have growth hormone-treated Turner's syndrome.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00004275

Run by

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

People needed

80

Starts

1999-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2008-09-10

Who can join

Age: 10 and older, up to 14. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

Where it is running

• Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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