In healthy elderly men and women, the GHRH analog increased 12-h integrated GH secretion within 4 weeks.
In plain wordsIn healthy older men and women, the GHRH analog raised overnight growth hormone release.
- Peptide
- Sermorelin
- Outcome
- Increase12-h integrated GH secretion
- Study
n = 19
- Comparator
- Placebo
- Outcome group
- Growth hormone and IGF-1 · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- 10 micrograms/kg · subcutaneous · 16 weeksAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Increase in 12-h integrated GH secretion
- 107%
- men
- Increase in 12-h integrated GH secretion
- 70%
- women
Source sentences
Treatment with GHRH analog resulted in a significant increase (107 and 70% in men and women, respectively) in the 12-h integrated GH secretion (P < .05)
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
This hypothesis was tested by a single blind randomized placebo-controlled trial of 5 months duration, in which healthy elderly subjects (10 women, 9 men) self-administered sc nightly placebo for 4 weeks, followed by 16 weeks of [norleucine27]GHRH (1-29)-NH2 at a dose of 10 micrograms/kg.