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ArticleJournal of pediatric and adolescent gynecology2025

Effect of Transdermal Estrogen Therapy on Bone and Neurobehavioral Health in Youth with Premature Ovarian Insufficiency: A Case-Control Study.

Halley Wasserman, Heidi J Kalkwarf, Mekibib Altaye, Kimberly Yolton, Catherine M Gordon

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Halley WassermanDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. Electronic address: halley.wasserman@cchmc.org.
Heidi J KalkwarfDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Mekibib AltayeDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kimberly YoltonDepartment of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Catherine M GordonEunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland.

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Adolescent Bone Density & Body Composition SectionZIAHD009023 · EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH & HUMAN DEVELOPMENT · 2025 to 2025
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Intramural NIH HHS ZIA HD009023
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objectiveEstrogen replacement therapy (ERT) improves bone and neurocognitive health in adult women with premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). However, the response in adolescents is largely unknown. We aimed to assess the impact of transdermal estrogen replacement therapy on these outcomes in adolescents with POI.

methodsNine adolescents with idiopathic POI, naïve to ERT, and 9 controls with regular menses matched for age, race, and body mass index were recruited between 2018 and 2023 for a 24-month study. The primary bone health outcomes were changes in lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) Z-score and 3% distal radius trabecular volumetric BMD. The primary neurocognitive outcomes were quality of life (CHQ-87 survey) and memory (ChAMP).

resultsAdolescents with POI experienced significant increases in BMD Z-scores at all dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry skeletal sites (lumbar spine ∆ +0.68, total hip ∆ +0.37, femoral neck ∆ +0.56, total body less head ∆ +0.82, all P < .05). Control participants exhibited an increase in BMD Z-score at the total body less head (∆ 0.43, P = .034) with no significant change at other skeletal sites. There were no significant changes from baseline to 24 months in peripheral quantitative computed tomography measures. Total memory index significantly increased in both groups from baseline to 24 months (controls ∆ +17.2, cases ∆ +24.6, P = .041 and .001, respectively), but there was no difference between groups. There were no other significant differences in neurocognitive outcomes among or between groups.

conclusionCentral BMD increased in adolescents with idiopathic POI in response to transdermal estrogen replacement therapy, but peripheral BMD measures were unchanged. The impact on neurocognitive outcomes in these adolescents remains uncertain.

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Bone DensityEstrogen Replacement TherapyEstrogensPrimary Ovarian InsufficiencyAbsorptiometry, PhotonAdministration, CutaneousAdolescentCase-Control StudiesCognitionFemaleHumansLumbar VertebraeMemoryQuality of LifeEstrogensAdolescentBone densityEstrogen replacement therapyPeripheral quantitative computed tomographyPremature ovarian insufficiency

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PMCPMC12256181

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