The assessment of growth hormone status in normal young adult males using a variety of provocative agents

Clinical Endocrinology
A RahimS Shalet

Abstract

In adults, there are few data regarding GH responses to provocative stimuli other than insulin-induced hypoglycaemia. We have compared the GH response to four different growth hormone secretagogues and placebo in normal healthy adult males. This was a prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled study in 18 normal male subjects. After an overnight last, an intravenous cannula was inserted into the arm of each subject and a blood sample was taken for GH at -30, -15, and 0 minutes. Four provocative agents (intravenous insulin 0.2 IU/kg; intravenous arginine 20 g/m2 as an infusion over 30 minutes; oral clonidine, either 100 or 200 micrograms; intramuscular glucagon 1 mg) and placebo were administered to each subject in a randomized manner on different days. Further blood samples were taken at 15-minute intervals for 180 minutes for GH estimation. The median (range) GH peak response for each agent was insulin 107.7 (28.1-200) mU/l; arginine 22.3 (3.1-72.9) mU/l; glucagon 42 (11.8-200) mU/l; 100 micrograms clonidine 7.2 (< 1-22.2) mU/l; 200 micrograms clonidine 8.2 (1.1- 88) mU/l and placebo 2.4 (< 1-30.2) mU/l. The peak GH response to insulin-induced hypoglycaemia (ITT) was significantly greater than for any other agent (P < 0.0001)...Continue Reading

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