Assessment of Nutritional Status and Role of Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 in Children

Menoufia University102 enrolled

Overview

Many studies done on children with thalassemia have shown a variable prevalence of defective IGF-I concentrations have been shown to be low in the majority of children, with or without GH deficiency. The Aim of this study to assess nutritional status and role of Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) and its associating factors in children with thalassemia major

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

102

Conditions

Thalassemia

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 1 YearMax age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Children in the age group of 2-18 years with confirmed diagnosis of Beta thalassemia major. Exclusion Criteria: * Children with other chronic diseases (cardiac, renal, vascular) * Children with malignancy

Locations (1)

Samar Abd El-Hameed

Shibīn al Kawm, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

IGF-1

insulin-like growth factor-1 which measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).

Time frame: at the time of recruitment

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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