Adult height after ketoconazole treatment in patients with familial male-limited precocious puberty.
Familial male-limited precocious puberty is a rare cause of precocious puberty due to activating mutations of the LH receptor, leading to early onset virilization and short stature. Two therapeutic approaches have been proposed: the P450 cytochrome inhibitor ketoconazole or combined treatment with spironolactone and testolactone. Results on adult heights have not been reported to date after these two treatments, and in this study we present results from five patients treated with ketoconazole at a median dose of 16.2 mg/kg.d for a median of 6.2 yr. Adult height was 173 cm (median; interquartile range, 14), similar to target height (175 cm; interquartile range, 9) and significantly higher than pretreatment predicted height (165 cm; interquartile range, 12; P < 0.01). During treatment, 39 of 58 (68%) testosterone measurements were less than 0.5 ng/ml (1.7 nmol/liter), nine of 58 (15%) were between 0.5 and 1 ng/ml (3.5 nmol/liter), and 10 of 58 (17%) were above 1 ng/ml. We observed a physiological increase in GnRH-stimulated LH levels after the age of 10 yr, and none of the patients had early activation of the gonadotropic axis. Liver tolerance was excellent, and only one patient had a transient and modest increase in serum transaminases. We conclude that ketoconazole is an efficient and well tolerated long-term treatment of familial male-limited precocious puberty that should be proposed as a first line therapy.
Soriano-Guillén
Leandro
L
Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, U561, Groupe Hospitalier Cochin-Saint Vincent de Paul, Faculté Cochin, Université Paris V, 82 avenue Denfert Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France.
Lahlou
Najiba
N
Chauvet
Geneviève
G
Roger
Marc
M
Chaussain
Jean Louis
JL
Carel
Jean Claude
JC
D000328:Adult; D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D001827:Body Height; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007654:Ketoconazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007986:Luteinizing Hormone / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology
D007986:Luteinizing Hormone; D007654:Ketoconazole