Central Precocious Puberty

The single-arm study has an estimated enrollment of 93 participants, made up of females aged 2 to 8 years and males aged 2 to 9 years with CPP.

In a recent study, increased rates of precocious puberty were observed during the COVID-19 pandemic compared to prior years.

Two experts discuss a variety of subjects on central precocious puberty, including recent study findings that examined treatment initiation and duration with height, the need to individualize treatment decisions for girls with CPP, and 2 case reports.

Karen O. Klein, MD, and Kent L. Reifschneider, MD, discuss a central precocious puberty (CPP) patient case regarding factors that would lead a physician to either stop treating a patient or continue with treatment.

Karen O. Klein, MD, and Kent L. Reifschneider, MD, discuss a central precocious puberty (CPP) patient case regarding factors that would lead a physician to treat a patient.

Karen O. Klein, MD, and Kent L. Reifschneider, MD, discuss individualizing treatment decisions in girls with central precocious puberty (CPP).

Karen O. Klein, MD, leads a discussion of the Vargas Trujillo et al study on the importance of individualizing treatment decisions in girls with CPP, including factors that influence the decision to begin and cease treatment.

Karen O. Klein, MD, reviews data and study results from the Vargas Trujillo et al study on the importance of individualizing treatment decisions in girls with CPP.

Karen O. Klein, MD, provides an overview of CPP (central precocious puberty) as well as a review of the study design and baseline characteristics from the Vargas Trujillo et al study on the importance of individualizing treatment decisions in girls with CPP.

Puberty is a pivotal development stage that signifies the move from childhood to adulthood. While the timing of puberty can range naturally, the age of onset for puberty in boys and girls has been moving up in recent decades and, for some, this process is triggered entirely too early causing a cascade of short- and long-term consequences.

Central precocious puberty doesn’t just describe adolescents on the early end of the puberty spectrum. This rare condition triggers significantly earlier sexual development—in girls more often than boys—that can cause lifelong symptoms.

For girls with additional body weight, using Tanner staging to determine pubertal development may require more care.

There are a number of reasons a child may show signs of puberty early with many not requiring treatment. However, full initiation of puberty before the normal age range can signal other problems.

The development of adult body odor and axillary hair growth early in life may not always signal that a child is beginning puberty.

A look at the clinical features of puberty in boys to help determine where patients are in the process.

Age of first menarche has long been seen as a girl's start to puberty, but breast development may be a better fit.

Puberty will happen for every child, but when it arrives early or is delayed both parent and child may be worried. A presentation at the virtual 2021 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference & Exhibition discussed typical reasons for both early and delayed pubertal development.

Previous research has shown that type 1 diabetes can impact the brain. A study examines whether this impact can persist or even worsen.

Girls have been the focus of stories looking at the early onset of puberty, but a new study from Sweden indicates that some boys also may have been undergoing early puberty.