This research study will find out if a new growth hormone stimulation test is safe and works as well as other tests to diagnose growth hormone deficiency (GHD) in children. The stimulation test will use a new growth hormone stimulating substance called macimorelin. By now, only adults in the USA can get this new stimulation test. The results of this study are expected to help children and teenagers with suspected GHD to get the macimorelin stimulation test. The macimorelin test will be compared to a clonidine and an arginine test. Both are known standard stimulation tests. Altogether two macimorelin tests are planned to be performed in the study, to show how repeatable macimorelin tests results are (under a set of similar conditions).
Each study participant (patient) will have 5 to 6 visits in total with the study doctor. The study will last for about 1 to 4 months, dependent on how close the visits are done. At the visits 2, 3, 4 and 5, the patient will get a stimulation test done and blood samples will be taken. At those 4 visits, the patient will have either to drink a macimorelin drink, take some clonidine tablets or get an arginine infusion. In total, the patient will get 2 macimorelin, 1 clonidine and 1 arginine test done. The level of growth hormone (GH) will be measured 4 times during the clonidine and during the arginine test and 5 times during the macimorelin test. After the test, questions on the test tolerability will be captured from patients and parents. After the arginine test, a urine dipstick test is to be done by the patient at home.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
101
Dosage form: granules for oral solution, Dosage: 1.0 mg/kg body weight, Frequency and duration: single oral dose administration. Macimorelin will be supplied in single-use aluminum pouches (synonymous: sachets) each containing 63.6 mg macimorelin as acetate, which provide 0.5 mg/mL of macimorelin when dissolved in 120 mL of water. The excess amount of 3.6 mg represents an overfill, which is needed to obtain the target concentration.
For the arginine GHST, R-Gene® 10 from Pfizer will be provided as labelled investigational medicinal product (IMP). After an overnight fast, soluble arginine hydrochloride (0.5 g/kg) will be given i.v. as an infusion with an infusion duration of 30 min.
For the clonidine GHST, CATAPRESAN® 75 tablets (Boehringer Ingelheim) will be provided as labelled IMP. Each tablet contains 75 ug clonidine hydrochloride. The tablets will be provided in boxes containing 10 tablets. The target dose is 0.15 mg/m2 body surface with a dose range of 0.08 - 0.15 mg/m2. Maximum dose will be 0.25 mg. After an overnight fast, clonidine (0.15 mg/m2 body surface) will be given orally.
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Area under the Receiver Operator Characteristic curve (ROC AUC) based on GH concentration during GHST following macimorelin administration
Assuming the outcome of GHD status adjudication final clinical diagnosis as the "true" GHD status, the diagnostic efficacy (estimated sensitivity, specificity, misclassification) of the macimorelin GHST will be based on the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC AUC).
Time frame: Derived from Cmax GH measurements collected in the time frame from 0 to 90 minutes after initial macimorelin GHST (visit 2 (day 0)) and GH adjudication status performed by the adjudication committee after visit 4 (between day 11 and day 58)).
Sensitivity for the macimorelin GHST
Sensitivity (confirmatory secondary endpoint) will be derived from the empirical ROC plot using this GH cut-off point.
Time frame: Derived from Cmax GH measurements collected in the time frame from 0 to 90 minutes after initial macimorelin GHST (visit 2 (day 0)) and GH adjudication status performed by the adjudication committee after visit 4 (between day 11 and day 58)).
Specificity for the macimorelin GHST
Specificity (confirmatory secondary endpoint) will be derived from the empirical ROC plot using this GH cut-off point.
Time frame: Derived from Cmax GH measurements collected in the time frame from 0 to 90 minutes after initial macimorelin GHST (visit 2 (day 0)) and GH adjudication status performed by the adjudication committee after visit 4 (between day 11 and day 58)).
Overall agreement between the outcome of the macimorelin GHST and the combined outcome from the 2 standard GHSTs
Agreement between the outcome of macimorelin and the combined outcome of the 2 standard GHSTs will be evaluated by 'percent overall agreement'.
Time frame: Visit 4 (between day 11 and day 58)
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