This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.To determine if Tamoxifen will decrease the rate of skeletal maturation and improve predicted adult height in pubertal, growth hormone deficient boys we will identify twenty pubertal boys currently on growth hormone replacement therapy. Patients will be randomized into treatment or control groups. Subjects must have a predicted adult height less than their genetically predicted target height at the time of enrollment. The treatment group will receive 20mg Tamoxifen daily for one year. Outcome measures will include bone age advancement and predicted adult height.
Showing the most recent 10 out of 767 publications