NCT03325647

TESTO: Testosterone Effects on Short-Term Outcomes in Infants With XXY

• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Colorado, Denver · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 31 Days – 90 Days
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This research study in infant males with Klinefelter syndrome (47,XXY) will learn more about the effect of testosterone on early health and development. The study is a total of three visits over 6 months with assessments of motor skills, body composition (muscle and fat), and hormone levels. This is a randomized, placebo-controlled study but all infants will receive testosterone treatment during the study period. The investigators will learn how testosterone treatment in infancy effects short term outcome measures on health and development.

Detailed description

XXY (also known as Klinefelter syndrome) is the most common chromosomal abnormality in males, affecting 1/600 boys. The extra X chromosome leads to insufficient development of the testicles and subsequent testosterone deficiency. Males with XXY also have a high risk for developmental delays, learning disabilities, and cardiovascular disease. An essential question is how much of this risk is because of testosterone deficiency and could therefore be reduced by testosterone supplementation, particularly during critical periods of development. In typical male development, there is a surge of testosterone in the first few months of life, commonly known as the "mini-puberty period of infancy." This testosterone surge may be critical for neurodevelopmental and cardiometabolic programming throughout life. Recently there has been increased off-label use of testosterone in infants with XXY, however neither the short or long term safety or efficacy have been evaluated. This study aims to quantify the short term effects of testosterone treatment in infants with XXY on neurodevelopment, growth, body composition, testicular function, and safety parameters. This is a double blind randomized placebo controlled trial of testosterone injections 25 mg every 4 weeks for 3 doses in boys with XXY enrolled between 1 and 3 months of age. Outcomes including body fat percentage, scaled motor developmental scores, growth velocity, testicular hormone concentrations, specific metabolites, and safety parameters will be assessed 12 weeks into the study. The groups will then cross-over (all subjects will receive testosterone during the study period) and the outcomes will be reassessed 24 weeks into the study. The secondary questions the investigators will answer with this cross-over is 1) whether benefits in the treatment group at 12 weeks are sustained at 24 weeks, and 2) whether the same benefits are seen if treated after the mini-puberty period.

Conditions

• Klinefelter Syndrome

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Testosterone Cypionate 200 Milligram/Milliliter Injectable Solution	Subjects in one arm will be randomized to receive testosterone cypionate 200 mg/ml intramuscularly every 4 weeks for a total of three doses after visit 1, and receive placebo injectable saline for the same duration starting at visit 2. Subjects in the other arm will be randomized to receive placebo injectable saline every 4 weeks for a total of 3 doses after visit 1, and testosterone cypionate 200 mg/ml intramuscularly for the same duration starting at visit 2.
DRUG	Placebo injectable saline	Subjects in one arm will be randomized to receive testosterone cypionate 200 mg/ml intramuscularly every 4 weeks for a total of three doses after visit 1, and receive placebo injectable saline for the same duration starting at visit 2. Subjects in the other arm will be randomized to receive placebo injectable saline every 4 weeks for a total of 3 doses after visit 1, and testosterone cypionate 200 mg/ml intramuscularly for the same duration starting at visit 2.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-06
• Primary completion: 2021-05-05
• Completion: 2021-05-05
• First posted: 2017-10-30
• Last updated: 2022-05-06

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States

Regulatory

• FDA-regulated drug study