Growth hormone effects on cortical bone dimensions in young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency
Identifieur interne : 000E01 ( Pmc/Corpus ); précédent : 000E00; suivant : 000E02Growth hormone effects on cortical bone dimensions in young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency
Auteurs : L. Hyldstrup ; G. S. Conway ; K. Racz ; A. Keller ; P. Chanson ; M. Zacharin ; A. L. Lysgaard ; A. H. Andreasen ; A.-M. KappelgaardSource :
- Osteoporosis International [ 0937-941X ] ; 2011.
Abstract
Growth hormone (GH) treatment in young adults with childhood-onset GH deficiency has beneficial effects on bone mass. The present study shows that cortical bone dimensions also benefit from GH treatment, with endosteal expansion and increased cortical thickness leading to improved bone strength.
In young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency (CO GHD), GH treatment after final height is reached has been shown to have beneficial effects on spine and hip bone mineral density. The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of GH on cortical bone dimensions.
Patients (
After 24 months, cortical thickness was increased compared with the controls (6.43%, CI 3.34 to 9.61%;
Cortical bone reacts promptly to reinstitution of GH beyond the attainment of final height by increasing the cortical thickness through endosteal bone growth. This leads to a higher peak bone mass and may reduce the risk of cortical bone fragility later in life.
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DOI: 10.1007/s00198-011-1854-0
PubMed: 22124576
PubMed Central: 3406313
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Racz</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff3">2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Keller, A" sort="Keller, A" uniqKey="Keller A" first="A." last="Keller">A. Keller</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff4">Children’s Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Chanson, P" sort="Chanson, P" uniqKey="Chanson P" first="P." last="Chanson">P. Chanson</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff5">Service d’Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital de Bicêtre, University Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Zacharin, M" sort="Zacharin, M" uniqKey="Zacharin M" first="M." last="Zacharin">M. Zacharin</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff6">Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC Australia</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Lysgaard, A L" sort="Lysgaard, A L" uniqKey="Lysgaard A" first="A. L." last="Lysgaard">A. L. Lysgaard</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Endocrinology (541), Hvidovre University Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Andreasen, A H" sort="Andreasen, A H" uniqKey="Andreasen A" first="A. H." last="Andreasen">A. H. Andreasen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff7">GHT Medical Affairs, Global Marketing, Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Kappelgaard, A M" sort="Kappelgaard, A M" uniqKey="Kappelgaard A" first="A.-M." last="Kappelgaard">A.-M. Kappelgaard</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff7">GHT Medical Affairs, Global Marketing, Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></titleStmt><publicationStmt><idno type="wicri:source">PMC</idno><idno type="pmid">22124576</idno><idno type="pmc">3406313</idno><idno type="url">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3406313</idno><idno type="RBID">PMC:3406313</idno><idno type="doi">10.1007/s00198-011-1854-0</idno><date when="2011">2011</date><idno type="wicri:Area/Pmc/Corpus">000E01</idno><idno type="wicri:explorRef" wicri:stream="Pmc" wicri:step="Corpus" wicri:corpus="PMC">000E01</idno></publicationStmt><sourceDesc><biblStruct><analytic><title xml:lang="en" level="a" type="main">Growth hormone effects on cortical bone dimensions in young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency</title><author><name sortKey="Hyldstrup, L" sort="Hyldstrup, L" uniqKey="Hyldstrup L" first="L." last="Hyldstrup">L. Hyldstrup</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Endocrinology (541), Hvidovre University Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Conway, G S" sort="Conway, G S" uniqKey="Conway G" first="G. S." last="Conway">G. S. Conway</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff2">Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University College London Hospitals, London, UK</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Racz, K" sort="Racz, K" uniqKey="Racz K" first="K." last="Racz">K. Racz</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff3">2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Keller, A" sort="Keller, A" uniqKey="Keller A" first="A." last="Keller">A. Keller</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff4">Children’s Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Chanson, P" sort="Chanson, P" uniqKey="Chanson P" first="P." last="Chanson">P. Chanson</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff5">Service d’Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital de Bicêtre, University Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Zacharin, M" sort="Zacharin, M" uniqKey="Zacharin M" first="M." last="Zacharin">M. Zacharin</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff6">Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC Australia</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Lysgaard, A L" sort="Lysgaard, A L" uniqKey="Lysgaard A" first="A. L." last="Lysgaard">A. L. Lysgaard</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff1">Department of Endocrinology (541), Hvidovre University Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Andreasen, A H" sort="Andreasen, A H" uniqKey="Andreasen A" first="A. H." last="Andreasen">A. H. Andreasen</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff7">GHT Medical Affairs, Global Marketing, Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark</nlm:aff></affiliation></author><author><name sortKey="Kappelgaard, A M" sort="Kappelgaard, A M" uniqKey="Kappelgaard A" first="A.-M." last="Kappelgaard">A.-M. Kappelgaard</name><affiliation><nlm:aff id="Aff7">GHT Medical Affairs, Global Marketing, Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark</nlm:aff></affiliation></author></analytic><series><title level="j">Osteoporosis International</title><idno type="ISSN">0937-941X</idno><idno type="eISSN">1433-2965</idno><imprint><date when="2011">2011</date></imprint></series></biblStruct></sourceDesc></fileDesc><profileDesc><textClass></textClass></profileDesc></teiHeader><front><div type="abstract" xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Summary</title><p>Growth hormone (GH) treatment in young adults with childhood-onset GH deficiency has beneficial effects on bone mass. The present study shows that cortical bone dimensions also benefit from GH treatment, with endosteal expansion and increased cortical thickness leading to improved bone strength.</p></sec><sec><title>Introduction</title><p>In young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency (CO GHD), GH treatment after final height is reached has been shown to have beneficial effects on spine and hip bone mineral density. The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of GH on cortical bone dimensions.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Patients (<italic>n</italic> = 160; mean age, 21.2 years; 63% males) with CO GHD were randomised 2:1 to GH or no treatment for 24 months. Cortical bone dimensions were evaluated by digital x-ray radiogrammetry of the metacarpal bones every 6 months.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>After 24 months, cortical thickness was increased compared with the controls (6.43%, CI 3.34 to 9.61%; <italic>p</italic> = 0.0001) and metacarpal index (MCI) (6.14%, CI 3.95 to 8.38%; <italic>p</italic> < 0.0001), while the endosteal diameter decreased (−4.64%, CI −7.15 to −2.05; <italic>p</italic> < 0.001). Total bone width did not change significantly (0.68%, CI −1.17 to 2.57%; not significant (NS)). A gender effect was seen on bone width (<italic>p</italic> < 0.0001), endosteal diameter (<italic>p</italic> < 0.01) and cortical thickness (<italic>p</italic> < 0.01), but not with MCI (NS).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>Cortical bone reacts promptly to reinstitution of GH beyond the attainment of final height by increasing the cortical thickness through endosteal bone growth. 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<front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">Osteoporos Int</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Osteoporos Int</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>Osteoporosis International</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0937-941X</issn><issn pub-type="epub">1433-2965</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Springer-Verlag</publisher-name><publisher-loc>London</publisher-loc></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="pmid">22124576</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="pmc">3406313</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">1854</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.1007/s00198-011-1854-0</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Original Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Growth hormone effects on cortical bone dimensions in young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name><surname>Hyldstrup</surname><given-names>L.</given-names></name><address><phone>+45-3862-2290</phone><fax>+45-3862-3640</fax><email>hyld@dadlnet.dk</email></address><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Conway</surname><given-names>G. S.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff2">2</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Racz</surname><given-names>K.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff3">3</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Keller</surname><given-names>A.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff4">4</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Chanson</surname><given-names>P.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff5">5</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Zacharin</surname><given-names>M.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff6">6</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Lysgaard</surname><given-names>A. L.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff1">1</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Andreasen</surname><given-names>A. H.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff7">7</xref></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Kappelgaard</surname><given-names>A.-M.</given-names></name><xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff7">7</xref></contrib><aff id="Aff1"><label>1</label>Department of Endocrinology (541), Hvidovre University Hospital, DK-2650 Hvidovre, Denmark</aff><aff id="Aff2"><label>2</label>Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University College London Hospitals, London, UK</aff><aff id="Aff3"><label>3</label>2nd Department of Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary</aff><aff id="Aff4"><label>4</label>Children’s Hospital, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany</aff><aff id="Aff5"><label>5</label>Service d’Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction, and Centre de Référence des Maladies Endocriniennes Rares de la Croissance, Assistance-Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital de Bicêtre, University Paris-Sud, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France</aff><aff id="Aff6"><label>6</label>Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, VIC Australia</aff><aff id="Aff7"><label>7</label>GHT Medical Affairs, Global Marketing, Novo Nordisk, Bagsvaerd, Denmark</aff></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>29</day><month>11</month><year>2011</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="pmc-release"><day>29</day><month>11</month><year>2011</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><month>8</month><year>2012</year></pub-date><volume>23</volume><issue>8</issue><fpage>2219</fpage><lpage>2226</lpage><history><date date-type="received"><day>11</day><month>8</month><year>2011</year></date><date date-type="accepted"><day>26</day><month>10</month><year>2011</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement>© The Author(s) 2011</copyright-statement></permissions><abstract id="Abs1"><sec><title>Summary</title><p>Growth hormone (GH) treatment in young adults with childhood-onset GH deficiency has beneficial effects on bone mass. The present study shows that cortical bone dimensions also benefit from GH treatment, with endosteal expansion and increased cortical thickness leading to improved bone strength.</p></sec><sec><title>Introduction</title><p>In young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency (CO GHD), GH treatment after final height is reached has been shown to have beneficial effects on spine and hip bone mineral density. The objective of the study was to evaluate the influence of GH on cortical bone dimensions.</p></sec><sec><title>Methods</title><p>Patients (<italic>n</italic> = 160; mean age, 21.2 years; 63% males) with CO GHD were randomised 2:1 to GH or no treatment for 24 months. Cortical bone dimensions were evaluated by digital x-ray radiogrammetry of the metacarpal bones every 6 months.</p></sec><sec><title>Results</title><p>After 24 months, cortical thickness was increased compared with the controls (6.43%, CI 3.34 to 9.61%; <italic>p</italic> = 0.0001) and metacarpal index (MCI) (6.14%, CI 3.95 to 8.38%; <italic>p</italic> < 0.0001), while the endosteal diameter decreased (−4.64%, CI −7.15 to −2.05; <italic>p</italic> < 0.001). Total bone width did not change significantly (0.68%, CI −1.17 to 2.57%; not significant (NS)). A gender effect was seen on bone width (<italic>p</italic> < 0.0001), endosteal diameter (<italic>p</italic> < 0.01) and cortical thickness (<italic>p</italic> < 0.01), but not with MCI (NS).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusions</title><p>Cortical bone reacts promptly to reinstitution of GH beyond the attainment of final height by increasing the cortical thickness through endosteal bone growth. This leads to a higher peak bone mass and may reduce the risk of cortical bone fragility later in life.</p></sec></abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><title>Keywords</title><kwd>Bone strength</kwd><kwd>Cortical bone</kwd><kwd>Growth hormone deficiency</kwd><kwd>Growth hormone treatment</kwd><kwd>Metacarpal index</kwd></kwd-group><custom-meta-group><custom-meta><meta-name>issue-copyright-statement</meta-name><meta-value>© International Osteoporosis Foundation and National Osteoporosis Foundation 2012</meta-value></custom-meta></custom-meta-group></article-meta></front><body><sec id="Sec1" sec-type="introduction"><title>Introduction</title><p>Young adults with childhood-onset growth hormone deficiency (CO GHD) have lower bone mineral density than healthy controls [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR1">1</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR2">2</xref>], displaying reduced cortical thickness, cortical cross-sectional area and overall cortical mineral content [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR3">3</xref>]. Accordingly, an increased susceptibility to fractures compared to population controls has been described in young adults with CO GHD [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR4">4</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR6">6</xref>].</p><p>Until recently, patients with CO GHD were only treated with growth hormone (GH) until final adult height was attained, usually up until the age of 15–20 years. The achievement of final adult height, however, occurs much earlier than the acquisition of peak bone mass and muscle strength in both genders, with males achieving these milestones later than females [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR7">7</xref>]. During the last few years, it has been shown that in addition to stimulating linear growth, GH therapy has important beneficial effects on the accrual of lean body mass and bone mineralisation, past the years of achieving adult height [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR8">8</xref>]. Indeed, the impact of GH on bone mass accrual can continue even after discontinuation of therapy for over 1.5 years [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR9">9</xref>]. These observations suggest that GH treatment should be continued up to the achievement of peak bone mass.</p><p>An increase in bone mass in young adults with GHD following GH treatment has been reported in several but not all studies [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR10">10</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR11">11</xref>]. In adolescents with GHD, Drake et al. reported that continuation of GH therapy after completion of linear growth was associated with a greater accrual of bone mass than no treatment [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR11">11</xref>]. Most studies have evaluated the effect of GH on trabecular bone compartments (lumbar spine) or regions with mixed bone structure (hip) rather than on cortical bone [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR12">12</xref>]. In one study, 12 months of GH therapy in adults with CO GHD was associated with increased cortical bone thickness, bone formation and remodelling activity [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR12">12</xref>], but there are only few data on the effects of GH supplementation on the cortical bone compartment in young adolescents with CO GHD.</p><p>Here we report the findings from a randomised controlled study in which digital x-ray radiogrammetry (DXR) was used to evaluate changes in the cortical bone dimensions of the metacarpals following reintroduction of GH treatment for 24 months in young adults with confirmed CO GHD after final height was attained.</p></sec><sec id="Sec2" sec-type="materials|methods"><title>Methods</title><sec id="Sec3"><title>Study design</title><p>This was part of a randomised, controlled, open-label study conducted at 22 sites in 12 countries (Australia, Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK) [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">13</xref>]. The primary objective of the study was to evaluate the effect of 24 months of GH treatment in young adults with CO GHD on bone mineral density (BMD) in the lumbar spine and hip using dual energy X-ray absorptiometry. In the same study, hand x-rays were obtained to evaluate changes in cortical bone dimensions, as assessed by DXR, during GH treatment. The study was conducted in accordance with Good Clinical Practice guidelines and the Declaration of Helsinki and with approval from appropriate ethical review boards for each study centre.</p></sec><sec id="Sec4"><title>Patient population</title><p>Young adults (18–25 years; body mass index, BMI, 18–30 kg/m<sup>2</sup>) diagnosed with CO GHD, on the basis of at least one stimulated test of GH secretion, were included in the trial. All subjects had received GH treatment during childhood until adult height was attained. Subjects with isolated or only two (including GH) pituitary hormone deficiencies were required to undergo a further provocative GH test after their 16th birthday to confirm the diagnosis. The required replacement therapy apart from GH was performed at the discretion of the single investigator. Subjects with three or more pituitary hormone deficiencies were exempt from further testing. GH testing was carried out according to current consensus guidelines at the time of patient recruitment [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR14">14</xref>]. Patients were excluded from the study if they had received GH treatment during the month prior to randomisation, but information in the single individual on the time since GH was discontinued was not available. Other reasons for exclusion were serious cardiac, hepatic or renal disease, uncontrolled hypertension, diabetes, acromegaly, diseases that could affect bone metabolism or any malignant tumour. Female subjects were excluded if pregnant or lactating. For subjects with more than one (other than GH) known deficient hypothalamic–pituitary axis, replacement doses of thyroid, adrenal, gonadal and/or antidiuretic hormone were to have been unchanged for at least 6 months prior to attendance at the screening visit. There were no significant differences between the treatment and control groups regarding use of pituitary substitution therapy [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">13</xref>].</p></sec><sec id="Sec5"><title>Study protocol</title><p>Patients were randomised (2:1) to either two years' open-label treatment with GH (Norditropin® SimpleXx®, Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen, Denmark) or to an untreated control group. GH was initiated at a starting dose of 0.2 mg/day (males) and 0.4 mg/day (females). The dose was increased to 0.6 and 0.9 mg/day at 1 month and raised again to 1.0 and 1.4 mg/day at 3 months, for males and females, respectively, for the remainder of the study. The higher GH dose was given to females since they require higher doses than males to achieve normal insulin-like growth factor-1 levels [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR15">15</xref>]. Dose reduction due to GH-related side effects was allowed at the discretion of the investigator. A single daily subcutaneous injection of GH was administered at bedtime using a cartridge pen (NordiPen®, Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen, Denmark). Patients in the control group received no treatment during the study. The trial was conducted as an open-label study and not placebo controlled, since it was deemed unethical to subject young adults to daily placebo injections for 24 months. Each patient attended the clinic at the screening visit (1–5 weeks before randomisation), the randomisation visit, and at 1, 3, 6, 12, 18 and 24 months. The study did not include any information on dietary intake prior to treatment, and there were no specific dietary requirements for the duration of the study.</p></sec><sec id="Sec6"><title>Measurements</title><p>Radiographs were obtained at months 0, 6, 12, 18 and 24. DXR analysis (Sectra Imtec AB, Linkoping, Sweden) requires a plain or digital radiograph of the non-dominant hand [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR16">16</xref>]. In this study, plain radiographs were used and sent to a central, blinded reading facility (The Osteoporosis Unit, Hvidovre University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark). In order to secure standardised x-rays, a radiographic manual was delivered to all centres, describing positioning of the hand and forearm, film type, a film/focus distance of 100 cm, and the use of 50 kV and 4–8 mAs as exposure parameters. The radiographs were captured as digital images using a flat-bed scanner (600 × 600 dpi, 12-bit greyscale) and three regions of interest (metacarpals 2, 3 and 4) were automatically identified. In each of the three regions, the bone width and inner diameter were measured symmetrically around the centre of the metacarpals at a resolution of 117 lines/cm; the length ‘L’ is 1.5 cm for metacarpal 4—1.8 cm for metacarpal 2 (Fig. <xref rid="Fig1" ref-type="fig">1</xref>). Bone width, endosteal diameter, cortical thickness, metacarpal index (MCI) and the areal cross-sectional moment of inertia (CSMI) <inline-formula id="IEq1"><alternatives><tex-math id="M1">\documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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The reported bone width (<italic>W</italic>), cortical thickness (<italic>T</italic>) and endosteal diameter are the averages of these measurements. Coefficient of variation (CV) 0.65%</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="198_2011_1854_Fig1_HTML" id="MO1"></graphic></fig></p></sec><sec id="Sec7"><title>Statistical methods</title><p>Primary analysis of the treatment effect was performed with an ANCOVA model including correction for baseline level and the treatment effect on the logarithmic transformed changes from baseline.</p><p>Analyses of the influence of gender, height, weight and BMI were made by including them one by one in a repeated measurement ANCOVA model with treatment, visit, interaction between treatment and visit and baseline level as fixed effects and subject as a random effect. The correlations between radiogrammetric and densitometric measurements were estimated in simple linear regression models.</p></sec></sec><sec id="Sec8" sec-type="results"><title>Results</title><sec id="Sec9"><title>Baseline demographics</title><p>Patients (<italic>n</italic> = 160) were randomised to receive GH (<italic>n</italic> = 109) or no treatment (<italic>n</italic> = 51). Baseline patient demographics as well as baseline values for bone parameters by sex and treatment group were not different between groups (Table <xref rid="Tab1" ref-type="table">1</xref>). There were 19 (17.4%) withdrawals in GH-treated patients and 11 (21.6%) withdrawals in the control group. The most common reason for withdrawal from the study was patient decision. Only five patients withdrew due to adverse events, details of which can be found in the previous publication [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">13</xref>]. Mean GH dose (standard deviation, SD) at study end was 17.9 μg/kg/day (6.3).<table-wrap id="Tab1"><label>Table 1</label><caption><p>Baseline characteristics of randomised patients by treatment group, mean (SD)</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th rowspan="2"></th><th colspan="3">Growth hormone group (<italic>n</italic> = 109)</th><th colspan="3">Control group (<italic>n</italic> = 51)</th></tr><tr><th>Male</th><th>Female</th><th>Total</th><th>Male</th><th>Female</th><th>Total</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><italic>n</italic> (%)</td><td char="(" align="char">65 (60)</td><td char="(" align="char">44 (40)</td><td char="(" align="char">109 (100)</td><td char="(" align="char">34 (67)</td><td char="(" align="char">17 (33)</td><td char="(" align="char">51 (100)</td></tr><tr><td>Age (years)</td><td char="(" align="char">21.0 (2.4)</td><td char="(" align="char">21.2 (2.2)</td><td char="(" align="char">21.1 (2.3)</td><td char="(" align="char">21.4 (2.2)</td><td char="(" align="char">21.4 (2.1)</td><td char="(" align="char">21.4 (2.1)</td></tr><tr><td>Height (cm)</td><td char="(" align="char">172.4 (7.4)</td><td char="(" align="char">155.8 (7.2)</td><td char="(" align="char">165.7 (11.0)</td><td char="(" align="char">170.3 (7.6)</td><td char="(" align="char">162.1 (8.7)</td><td char="(" align="char">167.5 (8.8)</td></tr><tr><td>Weight (kg)</td><td char="(" align="char">69.6 (13.6)</td><td char="(" align="char">54.6 (11.1)</td><td char="(" align="char">63.5 (14.6)</td><td char="(" align="char">68.5 (13.0)</td><td char="(" align="char">59.6 (10.7)</td><td char="(" align="char">65.5 (12.9)</td></tr><tr><td>BMI (kg/cm<sup>2</sup>)</td><td char="(" align="char">23.3 (3.5)</td><td char="(" align="char">22.4 (3.4)</td><td char="(" align="char">22.9 (3.5)</td><td char="(" align="char">23.5 (3.6)</td><td char="(" align="char">22.6 (3.3)</td><td char="(" align="char">23.2 (3.5)</td></tr><tr><td>Bone width (cm)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.820 (0.076)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.727 (0.049)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.783 (0.080)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.813 (0.073)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.726 (0.076)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.784 (0.084)</td></tr><tr><td>Endosteal diameter (cm)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.459 (0.71)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.416 (0.65)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.442 (0.72)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.427 (0.088)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.409 (0.074)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.421 (0.083)</td></tr><tr><td>Cortical thickness (cm)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.186 (0.027)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.161 (0.024)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.176 (0.029)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.200 (0.028)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.163 (0.027)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.188 (0.032)</td></tr><tr><td>Metacarpal index (mm/mm)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.44 (0.06)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.43 (0.07)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.44 (0.06)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.48 (0.08)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.44 (0.07)</td><td char="(" align="char">0.47 (0.08)</td></tr><tr><td>Areal cross-sectional moment of inertia (mm<sup>4</sup> × 1,000)</td><td char="(" align="char">21 (8)</td><td char="(" align="char">12 (3)</td><td char="(" align="char">17 (7)</td><td char="(" align="char">20 (7)</td><td char="(" align="char">13 (5)</td><td char="(" align="char">18 (7)</td></tr></tbody></table><table-wrap-foot><p>No significant difference between groups was found in demographic data or radiographic measurements</p></table-wrap-foot></table-wrap></p></sec><sec id="Sec10"><title>Efficacy</title><p>In young adults with CO GHD previously treated with GH until final height, reinstitution of GH for 24 months was associated with a marked increase in cortical thickness compared to a matched control group (treatment difference [GH-control] [95% CI]) (6.43% [95% CI, 3.34, 9.61], <italic>p</italic> < 0.0001). This increase was the result of both cortical expansion and endosteal bone growth. However, while the external diameter increased equally in GH-treated and control groups (estimated treatment difference 0.68% [95% CI −1.17, 2.57], NS) a significant treatment difference in favour of GH was found in the endosteal diameter, with a greater reduction in GH-treated as compared to untreated patients (−4.64 mm [95% CI 7.15, 2.05], <italic>p</italic> = 0.0006) (Fig. <xref rid="Fig2" ref-type="fig">2</xref>). A gender effect, which was not correlated to any treatment effect (<italic>p</italic> = 0.057) with cortical thickness being greater in males than in females (0.19 vs. 0.18), was also demonstrated. Finally, a significant influence of height was found (<italic>p</italic> = 0.0002); the taller a subject, the greater the cortical thickness.<fig id="Fig2"><label>Fig. 2</label><caption><p>Changes in metacarpal bone dimensions over 24 months (estimated mean ± 95% confidence interval). <italic>Solid line</italic> growth hormone treatment group, <italic>dashed line</italic> untreated group. <bold>a</bold> Bone width (centimetres), <bold>b</bold> endosteal diameter (centimetres), <bold>c</bold> cortical thickness (centimetres), <bold>d</bold> CSMI (×1,000). <italic>p</italic> values indicate treatment difference from baseline to end of trial. <italic>p</italic> < 0.0001</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="198_2011_1854_Fig2_HTML" id="MO2"></graphic></fig></p><p>As an index of bone biomechanical competence, the CSMI was calculated showing a significant increase over time in both GH-treated patient and controls (<italic>p</italic> < 0.0001) (Fig. <xref rid="Fig2" ref-type="fig">2</xref>). The difference between the two groups did not reach statistical significance, although there was a trend towards a greater increase in GH-treated patients (treatment difference, 4.53 [−2.96, 12.59], <italic>p</italic> = 0.2404). A significant effect of baseline BMD was found (−0.23 [−0.31 to −0.14)], <italic>p</italic> < 0.0001).</p><p>GH treatment was associated with greater increase in MCI compared to the control group where this value remained more or less constant during the 24-month study period (estimated treatment difference, 6.14% [3.95, 8.38], <italic>p</italic> < 0.0001) (Fig. <xref rid="Fig3" ref-type="fig">3</xref>). In order to evaluate to what extent the radiogrammetry measurements reflected skeletal changes in general, the correlations between radiogrammetric and densitometric measurements are shown in Table <xref rid="Tab2" ref-type="table">2</xref>.<fig id="Fig3"><label>Fig. 3</label><caption><p>Change in metacarpal index (2CT/<italic>W</italic> [millimetres per millimetre]) by treatment group and by gender</p></caption><graphic xlink:href="198_2011_1854_Fig3_HTML" id="MO3"></graphic></fig><table-wrap id="Tab2"><label>Table 2</label><caption><p>Correlations between cortical thickness measured by radiogrammetry at the metacarpal bones and densitometry measurements at the spine and hip [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">13</xref>]</p></caption><table frame="hsides" rules="groups"><thead><tr><th colspan="2"></th><th><italic>R</italic>^2</th><th><italic>p</italic> value</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Cortical thickness at baseline vs. BMD spine at baseline</td><td>Entire group</td><td char="." align="char">0.25</td><td char="." align="char"><0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Cortical thickness at baseline vs. BMD total hip at baseline</td><td>Entire group</td><td char="." align="char">0.18</td><td char="." align="char"><0.0001</td></tr><tr><td>Change in cortical thickness vs. change in BMD spine</td><td>GH-treated</td><td char="." align="char">0.07</td><td char="." align="char">0.0103</td></tr><tr><td>Change in cortical thickness vs. change in BMD spine</td><td>Untreated</td><td char="." align="char">0.09</td><td char="." align="char">0.0806</td></tr><tr><td>Change in cortical thickness vs. change in BMD total hip</td><td>GH-treated</td><td char="." align="char">0.13</td><td char="." align="char">0.0005</td></tr><tr><td>Change in cortical thickness vs. change in BMD total hip</td><td>Untreated</td><td char="." align="char">0.02</td><td char="." align="char">0.3824</td></tr></tbody></table></table-wrap></p></sec></sec><sec id="Sec11" sec-type="discussion"><title>Discussion</title><p>The main finding of the present study was that GH substitution, after achievement of final height in young adults with CO GHD, is associated with a significant increase in cortical bone thickness. The observed reduction in endosteal diameter in GH-treated patients in this study suggests that the increase results from endosteal bone growth rather from periosteal apposition. While there is no one single cause of bone fragility, fewer or thinner trabeculae and thin cortices, all play their part in low peak bone density [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR18">18</xref>]. In early adulthood, material and structural strength is maintained by remodelling, the focal replacement of old with new bone. During ageing, concurrent bone formation on the outer (periosteal) cortical bone surface partly compensates for bone loss. Although the structural basis of bone fragility is determined partly by genetic and environmental factors, growth during the pubertal and early adult years has a significant influence on bone strength in later years. Hence, a GH-induced reduction in endosteal diameter may, potentially, have beneficial effects on cortical bone strength [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR19">19</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR20">20</xref>], thereby reducing the risk of bone fragility later in life [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR21">21</xref>]. Limited data are currently available on the growth patterns of cortical bone during normal adolescence and in patients with CO GHD, and our findings therefore also contribute to the understanding of cortical bone development during growth.</p><p>There are few data on changes in cortical bone density with GH therapy in patients with CO GHD. Using peripheral quantitative computed tomography, Schweizer et al. [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR22">22</xref>] reported that 12 months of GH therapy was associated with an increase in both outer and inner diameters of the radius, as well as decreased cortical thickness. The impact of GH on cortical bone might be different after epiphyseal closure and cessation of longitudinal bone growth.</p><p>The findings of this study are in agreement with the earlier reported densitometry findings of the same population [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">13</xref>], showing an increase in lumbar spine BMD of 3.5% and total hip BMD of 2.4% during GH therapy. Interestingly, some studies report a reduction in bone density during the first year of GH therapy, which is likely caused by an increase in remodelling space and a temporary reduction in bone mass and size [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR3">3</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR23">23</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR24">24</xref>]. Longer treatment periods show increased bone formation as the areal bone density tends to fall during the first 6 months of treatment and reaches baseline levels again between 6 and 12 months [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">13</xref>]. In the present study, in which only cortical bone is encountered, a linear increase in cortical area was observed from the very start of treatment. Despite only a marginal increase in bone width being observed in our study, there was a pronounced reduction in the inner bone diameter. This reduction leads to an increase in cortical thickness and a tendency towards an increase in strength, as calculated by the CSMI. Furthermore, our data support that the initial loss of areal bone density due to increased remodelling was only marginal in cortical bone compared with BMD of the spine and total hip, where a trabecular component was part of the region of interest. Histological evaluation after GH treatment for 1 year in CO GHD patients has shown increased trabecular bone turnover, but not a positive bone balance [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR25">25</xref>]. However, a different pattern is likely to be seen in cortical bone and after a longer duration of treatment [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR13">13</xref>].</p><p>To obtain normal bone growth and optimal peak bone mass, the interplay of GH and gonadal hormones through late childhood and puberty is essential. Consequently, GHD as well as hypopituitarism in adults is associated with low bone mass and an increased risk of fractures [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR26">26</xref>–<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR29">29</xref>]. While the impact of gonadal hormones on bone growth is diminished after epiphyseal closure, GH continues to play an important role in reaching peak bone mass several years later. Consequently, patients with CO GHD are lacking an important factor if GH treatment is stopped when final height is reached. Until now this has been the normal procedure for most CO GHD patients. Discontinuation of GH treatment after attainment of adult height may compromise further bone growth [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR11">11</xref>, <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR30">30</xref>]. Indeed, changes in cortical bone when GH treatment is reinstituted, as found in the present study, are the reverse of the age-related changes in bone seen in later adult life [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR31">31</xref>] and may therefore leave the CO GHD patients better protected against cortical bone fragility as they age. The changes in cortical bone growth may also have been influenced by dietary factors. No data on diet are available, but the randomisation process is likely to have minimised such bias.</p><p>Studies evaluating changes in lumbar spine BMD indicate that despite a lower areal density in CO GHD patients, the volumetric density is not lower [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR3">3</xref>]. Consequently, CO GHD leads to insufficient growth of bone size, but not low bone mineral content [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR32">32</xref>]. The increased fracture risk described in CO GHD [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR5">5</xref>] is consequently related to small bones rather than to low BMD.</p><p>Using radiogrammetry, comparison with normative data from other studies should be interpreted with caution due to the potential influence of differences in exposure settings, but the settings used in the present study do not differ substantially from those used by Toledo and Jergas [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR33">33</xref>]. A comparison of cortical dimensions in the GHD patients with the female normative data from the study reported by Toledo and Jergas [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR33">33</xref>] showed smaller bones with a thinner cortical shell in the female CO GHD patients. After 2 years of GH therapy, bone dimensions of treated females approached those of healthy women, but no gender difference following treatment was found in the ratio of cortical thickness to bone width, as measured by MCI. Furthermore, while there was a similar increase in bone width in GH-treated subjects and controls, changes in the endosteal diameter were significantly greater in the GH-treated subjects. This might indicate that the main effect of GH on cortical bone growth is mainly on the inner surfaces.</p><p>DXR allows detailed non-invasive evaluation of cortical bone dimensions and can therefore be used as a supplement to bone densitometry. It measures the metacarpal dimensions with high precision, and therefore, also smaller changes can be detected. The present data clearly show that this technique provides meaningful information on cortical bone dimensions using simple radiographs of the hand. Also, the effect of GH can be detected after 12 months of treatment compared with conventional densitometry, where the effects are only detectable much later due to an initial decline in areal bone density. A potential weakness of the method is that only metacarpal bone is measured and may therefore not be representative of cortical bone changes in general. However, it has previously been shown that the same measurements at the metacarpals predict fracture risk at both hip and spine [<xref ref-type="bibr" rid="CR34">34</xref>]. It is therefore likely that the measured changes reflect a generalised effect on bone, at least in patients with osteoporosis. In the present study, significant correlations between baseline cortical thickness and baseline BMD of the hip and spine, as well as changes in cortical thickness and changes in spine and hip BMD, were found, indicating that this is probably also the case for CO GHD patients. Further studies are needed to evaluate this finding in more depth.</p><p>In conclusion, these data showed that in patients with CO GHD, 2 years' treatment with GH after attainment of final height was associated with beneficial changes in cortical bone dimensions which are the reverse of those seen with age-related bone loss. Provided that the improvements in cortical thickness are maintained over longer time periods, GH treatment of CO GHD patients might reduce the risk of cortical bone fragility later in life.</p></sec></body><back><ack><title>Acknowledgements</title><p>The authors would like to thank Watermeadow Medical (Witney, UK) for their editorial assistance, which was supported by Novo Nordisk.</p><sec id="d29e1069"><title>Conflicts of interest</title><p>This study was supported by Novo Nordisk A/S, Denmark. L. Hyldstrup received research grants from Novo Nordisk to conduct the DXR analyses.</p><p>M. Zacharin has from time to time received educational grants from Novo Nordisk but has received no funding support in relation to this work.</p><p>A.-M. Kappelgaard is an employee of Novo Nordisk. A. Andreasen works as a statistical consultant for Novo Nordisk. The Service d'Endocrinologie et des Maladies de la Reproduction of Hôpital Bicêtre has received educational and research grants from Novo Nordisk, Merck-Serono, Pfizer and Ipsen.</p><p>P. Chanson is a member of the HypoCSS (Hypopituitary Control and Complication Study) International Advisory Board, sponsored by Eli Lilly.</p><p>G. Conway is a member of an advisory board for, and receives speaker fees from, Novo Nordisk.</p><p>K. Racz, A. Keller and A. 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