CALICO Database

OVERVIEW

Whereas other nations such as Australia or the United Kingdom have national registries, no mechanism is available in the United States to query the early natural history and response to existing medications in a diverse population of youth with PCOS. The unique US racial and ethnic diversity, as well as high rates of overweight and obesity, precludes the direct application of data from other countries to the US population. To address the need to better identify, distinguish, and care for girls with PCOS, this multi-center study involving the leading US clinician investigators in PCOS has been established. The goal of the project is to describe the reproductive and metabolic presentation, natural history and response to therapy of PCOS in a large sample of diverse youth.  
 
Aim 1: Describe the heterogeneous presentation and co-morbidities at the time of diagnosis of PCOS in a geographically, ethnically and racially diverse cohort of youth in the United States   
 
Aim 2: Determine the response to common management strategies (lifestyle, estrogen containing contraception, metformin) 

Impact: This data will represent a first step toward future prospective studies aimed at investigating the response to long term metabolic and reproductive therapies, including studies to develop precision phenotype+genomics and pharmaco genonics strategies. 

To accomplish this, we have built a REDCap database to collect data on the diagnosis & clinical course of adolescents with PCOS in the U.S. Long-term, we hope to use this to leverage for additional funding to make a nationwide registry, with a prospective cohort.

OPPORTUNITIES

Various opportunities for authorship, as part of a primary writing group or simply as part of the CALICO Consortium. 

Chance to connect with PCOS experts across the country.

Collaboration on subjects of interest. We have lots of big ideas for the future of this group!

If you are interested in having your clinic participate in CALICO... 

Email us!

Currently, we have 20 sites with 30+ investigators, but we are always looking for more collaborators! 

Send an email to [email protected] to simply let us know you are interested in participating. 

We have a streamlined process to onboard new sites, once we know you are interested, we will connect and get the process going.

Hunt D, Foy M, Fresia J, Morelli N, Sundararajan D, Ware MA, Severn C, Bernier A, Cree-Green M. PCOS presentation in girls with a history of premature adrenarche does not differ from those without premature adrenarche. Pediatric Endocrine Society. May 2021  

Roth LP, Carey GC, Torchen L, Reyes Diaz, J, Gupta A, Kamboj K, Vigers T, Snell-Burgeon J,  CALICO Consortium, Cree MG.  Clinical and Biochemical Characteristics of Adolescent Females in the United States at Time of PCOS Diagnosis: Results from the CALICO multi-center database. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 38 (2), 240-241. 2025 

Pitts P, Vigers T, Carey GC, Roth LP, Burger TS, Paprocki E, Snell-Burgeon J, Cree MG, CALICO Consortium, DiVasta, A . Long-Acting Reversable Contraception in Adolescents/Young Adults with PCOS.  Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 38 (2), 288. 2025. 

Friese J, Shah RD, Kamboj M, Tigers T, Snell-Bergeon J, Geller D, Branstetter CF, Cree MG, Bonn AE, CALICO Consortium. Mental Health Disorders in Adolescent PCOS: Results from the CALICO multi-center database. Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology 38 (2), 264. 2025. 

M Cree, A Sopher, D Geller, R Shah, H Vanden Brink, M Garant, A DiVasta, R Massa, L Torchen, C Burt Solorzano, G Carey, J Snell-Bergeon, T Vigers, N Morelli, S Davis, L Roth, M Kamboj, J Friese, E Paprocki, A Bonny, C Branstetter, T Burgert, S Pitts, H Lamar, J Reyes Diaz, E Wee, C Foster, A Gupta, B Schweiger, J Frasch, A Rydin, S Witchel, A Afriyie-Gray, V Davis, A Bernier. Baseline obesity classifications influence the impact of pharmacotherapy on weight and BMI in adolescents with PCOS: findings from the clinical adolescent polycystic ovary (CALICO) database. Endocrine Abstracts (2025) 110 P1031 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.110.P1031 

Carey GC, Vigers T, DiVasta A, Pitts S, Bernier A, Wee E, Foster C, Snell-Bergeon J, Cree MG, CALICO Consortium Metabolic Presentation by Weight Status in Adolescents at the Time of PCOS Diagnosis: Results from the CALICO Database (#1163). Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Meeting (PES 2025), National Harbor, MD, USA, May 15-18, 2025: Abstracts. Horm Res Paediatr. 2025;98(Suppl. 3):182-183. doi:10.1159/000549079 

Ghita B, Branstetter C, Carey G, Cree MG, Geller D, Snell-Bergeon J, Vigers T, Calico Consortium, Gupta A. Pre-Diabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Are Increased at Presentation Among Adolescents with PCOS on Public Insurance (#1221). Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Meeting (PES 2025), National Harbor, MD, USA, May 15-18, 2025: Abstracts. Horm Res Paediatr. 2025;98(Suppl. 3):279-280. doi:10.1159/000549079 

Friese J, Bonny AE, Manos B, Kamboj M, Segatto Azevedo RS, Vigers T, Snell-Bergeon J, Cree MG, CALICO Consortium, Shah R. Association of Clinical and Biochemical Markers with Mental Health Disorders in Adolescent PCOS: Results from the CALICO multi-center database. Pediatric Endocrine Society Annual Meeting (PES 2025), National Harbor, MD, USA, May 15-18, 2025: Abstracts. Horm Res Paediatr. 2025;98(Suppl. 3):1-348. doi:10.1159/000549079 

Burt Solorzano C*, Vanden Brink H*, Vigers T, Carey GC, Garant M, Sopher A, Shah R, Branstetter C, Coren A, Torchen L, Snell J, Cree MG, the CALICO Consortium. Impact of Pharmacotherapy on Metabolic Health in Adolescents with PCOS: Findings from the Clinical Adolescent Polycystic Ovary (CALICO) Database. J Endocr Soc. 2025 Oct 22;9(Suppl 1):bvaf149.1908. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvaf149.1908. 

Melanie G Cree, Grayson C Carey, Sarah A. Golub, Christy Foster, David Geller, Andrea E. Bonny, Alison Coren, Tim Vigers, Janet Snell-Bergeon, CALICO Consortium. Initial Treatment of PCOS by BMI and Provider Specialty in the US: Results from the CALICO Database. Presented at Obesity Week, 11/2025. 

Foster C, Carey GC, Vigers T, Golub S, Geller D,  Coren A, Bonny A, Sopher A,  Shah R, Vanden Brink H, Garant M, DiVasta A, Massa R, Torchen L, Burt Solorzano C, Snell-Bergeon J, Morelli N, Davis S, Roth LP, Kamboj M, Friese J, Paprocki E,  Branstetter C, Burgert T, Pitts S, Lamar H, Reyes Diaz J, Wee E, Gupta A, Schweiger B, Frasch J, Rydin A, Afriyie-Gray A, Witchel S, Davis V, Bernier A, Cree MG. Adherence to international guidelines: diagnosis and comorbidity screening in adolescents with PCOS in the USA– results from the CALICO database. Presented at AE-PCOS Annual Meeting. 10/2025 

Carey GC, Hunt D, Foster C, Vigers T, Golub S, Geller D,  Coren A, Bonny A, Sopher A,  Shah R, Vanden Brink H, Garant M, DiVasta A, Massa R, Torchen L, Burt Solorzano C, Snell-Bergeon J, Morelli N, Davis S, Roth LP, Kamboj M, Friese J, Paprocki E,  Branstetter C, Burgert T, Pitts S, Lamar H, Reyes Diaz J, Wee E, Gupta A, Schweiger B, Frasch J, Rydin A, Afriyie-Gray A, Witchel S, Davis V, Bernier A, Cree MG. Childhood Premature Adrenarche does not change the Presentation of PCOS in Adolescents: Results from the CALICO Database. Presented at AE-PCOS Annual Meeting. 10/2025.

Chen-Patterson A*, Bernier A, Burgert T, Davis V, Khan T, Geller D, Paprocki, E, Shah R, Witchel SF, Pereira-Eshraghi C, Sopher AB, Cree MG, Torchen LC. Distinct Reproductive Phenotypes Segregate With Differences in Body Weight in Adolescent Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. J Endocr Soc. 2024 Jan 9;8(2):bvad169. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvad169. PMID: 38213910