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Growth hormone (GH) replacement therapy in adult-onset gh deficiency: effects on body composition in men and women in a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Plain-language guide to PMID 15126520 (2004): double-blind randomized controlled trial of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) in 166 subjects.

Key Facts

PMID
15126520
Journal
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Year
2004
Study type
Randomized Controlled Trial
Authors
Hoffman AR et al. (18 authors)
DOI
10.1210/jc.2003-030346

What This Study Did, in Plain Language

What Was Tested

This randomized controlled trial looks at Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over).

The researchers performed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study in 166 subjects with AGHD to assess the effects of GH on these outcomes.

Why It Was Studied

Additional parameters included serum IGF-I concentrations, serum lipids, and bone mineral density.

Who Took Part

The study group was 166 subjects.

By PubMed's age tags, the people studied were adults, middle-aged adults and older adults, both men and women.

How the Study Was Run

The researchers set it up as a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled and multicenter study.

Because people in this Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) study were split into groups at random, differences between the groups are less likely to reflect who happened to join each one.

Blinding on both sides kept the subjects and researchers unaware of who received Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over).

Some subjects received a placebo instead of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over), giving a reference point.

Running at several centres spread the Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) study over different clinics and patient groups.

What Was Measured

PubMed files the paper under topics including Anthropometry, Body Composition, Human Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, Lipids, Metabolism, Inborn Errors and Muscle, Skeletal.

What This Means in Plain Language

The paper is a randomized, double-blind and placebo-controlled study of Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) in 166 subjects.

The publication is from 2004 (The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism), a journal based in United States.

More context: the Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over) compound page, all human trials.

Our Notes on the Compound

Exogenous HGH, sermorelin & older GHRPs (why they're passed over): Constant levels suppress the body's own GHRH, raise somatostatin and dull pituitary response.

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Source: PubMed record. This explanation is written by PeptideWhiz from the public record. For research and education only. Not medical advice; no dosing information is given.