About this trial
This observational study will evaluate the effect of puberty suppression on insulin sensitivity, metabolic rate and vascular health among transgender female youth at baseline and 6 months after initiation of a gondoatropin releasing hormone agonist compared to matched cisgender male controls.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Identify as a transgender female or cisgender male
Age 9-14 years at the time of enrollment
Tanner Stage 2-3 baseline pubertal development
Plan to start gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue clinically in < 2 months (for transgender females only)
Disqualifiers
Cognitive, psychiatric, or physical impairment resulting in inability to tolerate the study procedures
Type 1 or 2 diabetes (by medical history)
On any medications that affect insulin sensitivity (e.g. metformin, antipsychotics)
Hypertension (resting BP ≥ 140/90 mm/Hg)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Not listed