Purpose: The GROWING study, which stands for Predictors of continued statural GROWth IN older adolescents and younG adults with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, aims to determine the prevalence of continued growth and to quantify total height gain and height velocity in older adolescents and young adults with Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis after the chronological age of expected growth plate closure. We will determine predictors and associative factors of continued growth in these patients.
Funding Source (Year Awarded): Celgene (September 2016)
Study Period: February – December 2017
Recruitment Status: No longer recruiting participants