title: Central Precocious Puberty: Adult Height in Girls Treated with Quarterly or Monthly Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone Analog Triptorelin.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Treatment with quarterly gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogs may improve compliance and optimize outcome in girls with central precocious puberty (CPP), but long-term comparative data between the new and the monthly formulations are very scarce.
  
  
  METHODS
  A group of girls with idiopathic CPP (n = 13; age 7.9 ± 0.6 years) were treated from the beginning with quarterly triptorelin (11.25 mg/90 days) and followed up to the achievement of adult height (AH). A group of girls with idiopathic CPP (n = 12; age 8.0 ± 0.6 years) treated with monthly triptorelin (3.75 mg/28 days) served as controls.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The AH (157.1 ± 4.9 cm) of girls treated with quarterly triptorelin was not significantly different from their mid-parental height (159.7 ± 3.8 cm) and significantly increased in comparison with predicted AH (average tables) at the beginning of GnRH analog therapy. The AH of girls treated with quarterly triptorelin was not significantly different in comparison with that of girls treated with the monthly formulation (158.1 ± 6.6 cm; mid-parental height 158.4 ± 5.0 cm).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Treatment with quarterly triptorelin formulation permitted to achieve an AH adequate for mid-parental height in girls with CPP. Significant differences of AH between girls with CPP treated with quarterly or monthly formulations were not found.
authors.affiliation: Adolescent Medicine Unit, Pediatric Division, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Pediatrics, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy.
authors.forename: Silvano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bertelloni
authors.forename: Francesco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Massart
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Einaudi
authors.forename: Malgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wasniewska
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miccoli
authors.forename: Giampiero I
authors.initials: GI
authors.lastname: Baroncelli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001827:Body Height / Q000187:drug effects*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011629:Puberty, Precocious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D017329:Triptorelin Pamoate / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D017329:Triptorelin Pamoate