Clinical Trial: Aromatase Inhibitor in Bone Maturation, Children With Silver Russell or Prader-Willi Syndrome

Study Status: Active, not recruiting
Recruit Status: Active, not recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Efficacy and Tolerance of Treatment With an Aromatase Inhibitor (Anastrozole) to Limit the Progression of Bone Maturation Related to Pathological Adrenarche in Children With Silver-Russell or Prader-W

Brief Summary: There is currently no drug with pediatric marketing authorization capable of limiting the advance in bone maturation of children with aggressive adrenarche. Estrogens are the principal actors involved in bone maturation and premature epiphyseal fusion. Aromatase inhibitors, used for the treatment of hormone-dependent cancers, block the transformation of androgens into estrogens. Third generation inhibitors, of which Anastrozole is one, appear to be well tolerated in children and are sometimes used within the framework of clinical trials to limit bone maturation and improve prognosis with respect to final size, notably in children treated with growth hormone (GH) due to a GH deficit. Nevertheless, the data reported are based on small sample sizes and do not include children with pathological adrenarche.

Detailed Summary:

Silver-Russell syndrome (SRS), which occurs secondary to an imprinting disorder due to the anomalous methylation of chromosome 11 or due to a uniparental disomy of chromosome 7, is a rare syndrome (ORPHA813, OMIM 180860) characterized by growth retardation with an intrauterine onset, a normal head circumference, small postnatal size and major feeding difficulties. Starting at a very young age, the rapid aging of bone can occur even in the absence of central puberty, in association with the production of androgens by the adrenal glands (adrenarche). This advanced bone maturation can compromise final size, even when the child receives growth hormone (GH) treatment for several years.

Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS) is also a rare disease (ORPHA739, OMIM 176270), occurring secondary to an imprinting disorder due to an anomaly in chromosome 15 (paternal deletion or maternal disomy). These children also present feeding difficulties during the first few years of life, as well as small size. They are frequently treated with GH, and their bone age can increase during the course of adrenarche, as in certain patients with SRS.

Sponsor: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Current Primary Outcome: The rate of success in each of the two groups, evaluated using an X-ray of the left hand and wrist. Success is defined as a difference in the rate of progression of bone maturation of at least 9 months after 18 months of treatment. [ Time Frame: 18 months ]

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

• metabolic impact (monitoring of body composition by bi photonic absorptiometry, lipid, glucose, HbA1c, insulin and HOMA-IR profiles, leptin). [ Time Frame: baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months ]
• impact on bone (X-ray of the dorsolumbar spine, bi photonic absorptiometry, blood-borne markers of bone remodeling). [ Time Frame: 18 months, and earlier in case of bone pain ]
• impact on the gonadotropic axis [ Time Frame: baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months ]
• impact on the somatotropic axis (growth rate, IGF-1, IGFBP3). [ Time Frame: baseline, 6, 12 and 18 months ]

Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Dates:
Date Received: January 25, 2012
Date Started: April 2012
Date Completion: October 2016
Last Updated: August 23, 2016
Last Verified: August 2016