In girls with central precocious puberty, triptorelin reduced inhibin B more than buserelin plus cyproterone acetate.
In plain wordsIn girls with early puberty, triptorelin reduced inhibin B more than buserelin plus cyproterone acetate.
- Outcome
- DecreaseInhibin B reduction versus buserelin plus cyproterone
- Study
n = 42
- Comparator
- Intranasal buserelin plus oral cyproterone acetate
- Outcome group
- Sex hormones and fertility · Endocrine and hormones
- Studied dose
- Dose not stated · depot injectionAs given in this study (human).
Measurements
- Inhibin B median
- < 20 pg/ml
- group 2, triptorelin depot
- Inhibin B median
- 34.5 pg/ml
- group 1, buserelin plus cyproterone acetate
Source sentences
There was a significantly (p = 0.003) greater fall in inhibin B levels during treatment in group 2 compared to group 1, with inhibin B levels now lying below (group 2: <20 pg/ml (<20--68)) rather than within (group 1: 34.5 pg/ml (<20--93)) the age-appropriate range.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
During treatment with GnRH agonist (intranasal buserelin and oral cyproterone acetate, treatment group 1, n = 23, or triptorelin depot injections, treatment group 2, n = 19) levels of both hormones fell significantly (p = 0.002).