In four children with progressive adrenarche despite gonadotropin suppression, increasing the triptorelin dose was ineffective.
In plain wordsIn four children with early puberty, increasing triptorelin did not stop progressive adrenal puberty signs.
- Outcome
- No significant changeAdrenarche progression despite dose increase
- Study
n = 4
- Outcome group
- Sex hormones and fertility · Reproductive and sexual health
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated
Source sentences
In four patients who showed progression of the angrogen-dependent signs (adrenarche), despite suppression of gonadotrophins, increasing the dosage of the LHRH analogue was ineffective and combined therapy with CyA was reinstituted in three of them because of accelerated growth and bone maturation.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
Six girls and one boy with precocious puberty were treated with a superactive LHRH analogue (D-TRP6-LHRH) for periods ranging from 1 year to 2 years and 3 months.
In the first phase of the treatment it was administered in combination with cyproterone acetate (CyA) to counteract an early stimulatory effect until inhibition of gonadotrophin secretion was achieved.