An evaluation of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels in patients receiving growth hormone therapy and these parameters therapeutic efficacy

Year 2022, Volume: 39 Issue: 4, 1230 - 1234, 29.10.2022

Abdulvahit Aşık , Semih Bolu

Abstract

Serum insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) and insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) levels in healthy children reflect endogenous growth hormone (GH) levels, and their daily variations are very low. This study investigated the relationship between growth response and serum IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels before and on the first year of treatment in children with GH deficiency (GHD) started on GH therapy. The records of 44 patients diagnosed with GHD, under follow-up at the Adıyaman Education and Research Hospital Pediatric Endocrinology Clinic, and receiving GH therapy for at least one year were examined retrospectively. Patients’ ages, pubertal development stages, peak GH-responses to GH stimulation tests and height standard deviation scores (SDS) measured before and at the first year of treatment, and IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels were recorded. Girls represented 27 (61.4%) of the cases in the study and boys 17 (3.6%), with ages ranging between 0.5 and 16.6 years (mean=11.5±3.3). Partial GHD was present in 33 patients (75%) and complete GHD in 11 (25%). Basal height SDS, IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 values were compared with those after one year of treatment. Patients with basal IGF-1 levels < -2 SDS exhibited significantly higher growth responses (p < .05). All three parameters’ mean values were significantly higher after one year compared to baseline. Δ IGF-1 and Δ IGFBP-3 values investigated in the fırst year of treatment together with basal IGF-1 levels can be a useful diagnostic tool in showing growth response in children with GHD started on GH therapy.

Keywords

Growth hormone, Growth hormone therapy, Insulin-like growth factor-1, Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3

Thanks

Dear Editor, The manuscript entitled “An evaluation of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 levels in patients receiving growth hormone therapy and these parameters therapeutic efficacy” is being submitted for your consideration to be published in the Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine. We state there are no prior publications or submissions with any overlapping information, the work is not and will not be submitted to any other journal while under consideration by Journal of Experimental and Clinical Medicine. We also state that each author listed on the manuscript has seen and approved the submission of this version of the manuscript and takes full responsibility for the manuscript. On behalf of all authors, the corresponding author states that there is no conflict of interest. The informed consent was obtained from all parents before study entry. Sincerely Corresponding author: Abdulvahit Aşık Adıyaman University Education and Research Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Kahta Street, 02000 Adiyaman, Turkey Tel: [phone], Fax: (+ 90) 416 2252660 Email: [e-mail]

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