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
Publication:
Gupta N, Liu C, King E, Sylvester F, Lee D, Boyle B, Trauernicht A, Chen S, Colletti R, ImproveCareNow Network . Continued statural growth in older adolescents and young adults with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis beyond the time of expected growth plate closure. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2020
Determined the frequency of continued growth and compared the total height gain beyond the time of expected growth plate closure and the chronological age at achievement of final adult height in Crohn's disease (CD) vs ulcerative colitis (UC) and described height velocity curves in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) compared with children in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).