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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2008 Dec 10.
Published in final edited form as: Growth Genet Horm. 2007 Mar;23(1):1–7.

Table.

Potential Non-growth Uses of rhIGF-I and Their Level of Development

Potential indication Preclinical
data
Non-
randomized
trials
Randomized
controlled
trials
Enhancing insulin signaling
 Type 1 Diabetes mellitus
 Type 2 Diabetes mellitus
 Type A Insulin Resistance
 Rabson Mendenhall Syndrome
 Lipodystrophy
Diseases of the Central Nervous System
 Dementia
 Hearing loss
 Spinal cord injury
Cardiovascular disease
Osteoporosis