Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00158:clause:4_1:p309
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00158
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 4 cl 1 (pt 309/381)
Character Range: 13427626–13432991

part of hypopituitarism in association with pituitary deficits (ACTH, TSH, GnRH or vasopressin/ADH deficiency); or
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must have evidence of biochemical growth hormone deficiency, with a peak serum growth hormone concentration less than 10 mU/L or less than or equal to 3.3 micrograms per litre in response to 1 growth hormone stimulation test (pharmacological or physiological e.g. arginine, clonidine, glucagon, insulin, sleep, exercise) and low plasma IGF-1 levels; or
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must have evidence of biochemical growth hormone deficiency, with a peak serum growth hormone concentration less than 10 mU/L or less than or equal to 3.3 micrograms per litre in response to 1 growth hormone stimulation test (pharmacological or physiological e.g. arginine, clonidine, glucagon, insulin, sleep, exercise) and low plasma IGFBP-3 levels; AND
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must have other hypothalamic/pituitary hormone deficits (includes ACTH, TSH, GnRH and/or vasopressin/ADH deficiencies); AND
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must have hypothalamic obesity; AND
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must have had a growth velocity above the 25th percentile for bone age and sex measured over the 12 month interval immediately prior to commencement of treatment (or the 6 month interval immediately prior to commencement of treatment if the patient was an older child at commencement of treatment); or
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must have had an annual growth velocity of greater than 14 cm per year in the 12 month period immediately prior to commencement of treatment, if the patient had a chronological age of 2 years or less at commencement of treatment; or
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must have had an annual growth velocity of greater than 8 cm per year in the 12 month period immediately prior to commencement of treatment, if the patient had a bone or chronological age of 2.5 years or less at commencement of treatment; AND
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must not have a condition with a known risk of malignancy including chromosomal abnormalities such as Down and Bloom syndromes; AND
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must not have an active tumour or evidence of tumour growth or activity; AND
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must be male and must not have a bone age of 15.5 years or more; or
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must be female and must not have a bone age of 13.5 years or more;
                                                                                                                                                                    Patient must be aged 3 years or older;
                                                                                                                                                                    Must be treated by a medical practitioner in consultation with a nominated specialist or consultant physician in paediatric endocrinology.  or
                                                                                                                                                                    Must be treated by a medical practitioner in consultation with a nominated specialist or consultant physician in general paediatrics.
                                                                                                                                                                    An older child is defined as a male with a chronological age of at least 12 years or a bone age of at least 10 years, or a female with a chronological age of at least 10 years or a bone age of at least 8 years.
                                                                                                                                                                    The maximum duration