Phase
Condition
Hormone Deficiencies
Hypogonadism
Treatment
N/AClinical Study ID
Ages 138-18 Male
Study Summary
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
Inclusion Criteria Criteria A
Boy >14yr without any sign of puberty, testis <4ml
BA ≥12yr
Sex hormone (LH,FSH, T) are pre-pubertal level
No other hormones problems (other pituitary glands axis are normal except gonad axis)
No space occupying lesion, No tumor on MRI of pituitary and hypothalamus area
Kallmann's syndrome(KS) patients may companies with dysosmia or dysplasia of olfactorybulb or olfactory tract on MRI
Karyotype is 46,XY
Exclude chronic diseases, malnutrition Criteria B
For the boy <14yr. who companies with micropenis or cryptorchid or hypospadias andthey have anosmia or dysplasia of olfactory bulb/olfactory sulcus/olfactory structs onMRI include in. Criteria C
As the phenotype of hypogonadotropic hypogonadism are variant, some of them may havepartial puberty. So, we enrolled them when they have testis volume >4ml or thetestosterone level 〉200ng/L,companies anosmia or dysplasia of olfactory bulb /olfactory sulcus/ olfactory structs on MRI, and the puberty arrested in half a year.These patients can be diagnosed as Kallmann Syndrome.
Exclusion
Exclusion Criteria:
Any ascertain reason contributes to the non puberty development (Chromosome abnormal,trauma, surgeries) or any ascertain disease such as Prader-Willi syndrome orhypergonadotropic hypogonadism
Systemic diseases (such as chronic kidney failure, Mediterranean anemia, poorcontrolled diabetes)
Protein-energy malnutrition
Eating disorder (such as anorexia nervosa, binge eating)
Any brain diseases history: tumors in brain or pituitary or after their surgeries
Study Design
Study Description
Connect with a study center
Beijing Children's Hospital
Beijing, Beijing 100045
ChinaActive - Recruiting
Not the study for you?
Let us help you find the best match. Sign up as a volunteer and receive email notifications when clinical trials are posted in the medical category of interest to you.