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HORMONE AND METABOLIC RESEARCH
Volume 49, Issue 10, Pages 778-785Publisher
GEORG THIEME VERLAG KG
DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-116944
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aromatase inhibitor; final height; growth hormone; growth; safety
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Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) have been used to recover height loss due to their capacity to delay growth plate closure. Long-term studies describing final heights are needed to determine the efficacy and safety profiles of these drugs for the treatment of impaired growth. This study aims to identify the therapeutic efficiency of AIs in improve growth and to describe potential adverse effects during treatment. Retrospective data analysis of 96 adolescents, among which 22 patients already attained near-final height, were followed at outpatient clinics of two referral centers. Patients were all in puberty and present idiopathic decrease in predicted adult height. Patients were treated with Anastrozole (ANZ: 1mg/day) or Letrozole (LTZ: 2.5mg/day) with/without recombinant human growth hormone (0.05mg/kg/day) for 1.0 to 3.5 years (2.1 +/- 1.2 years). Height gain, body mass index, lipid, liver enzyme, gonadotropins and testosterone levels were described before and at the end of treatment. Predicted adult height (PAH) and NF height were compared with the TH. The height SDS (adjusted to bone age) significantly increased (p<0.05) in all groups [0.8 +/- 0.7 (ANZ), 0.7 +/- 0.7 (ANZ+GH), 0.3 +/- 0.5 (LTZ), and 1.2 +/- 0.8 (LTZ+GH)]; the latter group exhibited the highest increment of PAH and growth recovery to the TH (p<0.004). No significant side effects were observed. AI treatment, especially when used in association with GH was able to improve growth and the attainment of familial target height.
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