Clinical Trial: To Assess the Level of Adherence of Subjects Receiving SAIZEN® Via Easypod™ in Middle East

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Observational

Official Title: Easypod Connect: A Regional, Multicentre, Observational Study to Evaluate Adherence and Long Term Outcomes of Therapy in Paediatric Subjects Using "Easypod™" Electromechanical Device f

Brief Summary: This is a Middle East, Multicenter, Observational Study to evaluate Adherence and Long Term Outcomes of Therapy in pediatric subjects using easypod™ electromechanical device for growth hormone treatment and to assess the level of adherence of subject receiving SAIZEN® via easypod™.

Detailed Summary:

Subjects will be enrolled in a multicenter longitudinal observational study. Parents/subjects will provide their Informed Consent/assent to upload their data for population-based analyses and, ultimately, clinical outcomes. Adherence data will be primarily derived from the easypod™ device combined with physician data entry of outcome measures. Data will be collected both retrospectively and prospectively. This will allow the establishment of adherence profiles and explore the hypothesis that patient adherence support programs improve adherence and subsequent clinical outcomes. Collected data will be also analyzed in a multinational pooled analysis of comparable national studies.

Primary Objective:

• To assess the level of adherence of subjects receiving SAIZEN® via easypod™

Secondary Objectives:

  • To describe the impact of adherence on clinical outcomes for subject receiving SAIZEN® via easypod™
  • To identify adherence subject profiling
  • To assess the impact of adherence on Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 (IGF1) (that is, above, below or within normal ranges)

Sponsor: Merck KGaA

Current Primary Outcome: Mean percent of daily recorded adherence [ Time Frame: At least 6 months and up to 5 years ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Correlation of adherence and growth outcome after each year of SAIZEN® treatment with easypod™ [ Time Frame: At least 6 months and up to 5 years ]
    Correlation of adherence and growth outcome (change in: height velocity [HV], height velocity-standard deviation score [HV-SDS], height, height-standard deviation score[height SDS]) after each year of SAIZEN® treatment with easypod™
  • Subject adherence profile based on age, gender, indication, self-injection or not, time on treatment [ Time Frame: At least 6 months and up to 5 years ]
  • Correlation of adherence with current IGF-1 status (that is, above, below or within normal ranges) [ Time Frame: At least 6 months and up to 5 years ]


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Merck KGaA

Dates:
Date Received: December 12, 2013
Date Started: March 2014
Date Completion:
Last Updated: April 20, 2016
Last Verified: April 2016