Circadian Function and Cardio-metabolic Risk in Adrenal Insufficiency

Adrenal Insufficiency Clinical Trial

Official title:

Circadian Function and Cardio-metabolic Risk in Adrenal Insufficiency: a Case Control Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03000231
• Other study ID #: 14-1484
• Status: Completed
• Start date: October 2015
• Est. completion date: December 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: University of Chicago
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare cardio-metabolic risk, glucose tolerance, and night time blood pressure between healthy control subjects and patients with adrenal insufficiency. No intervention will be administered and the study is observational only.

Description:

We propose to use a case control design to test the main hypothesis that as compared to healthy control subjects matched for sex, age, adiposity and race/ethnicity, patients with adrenal insufficiency, whether primary or secondary, have disturbances of the circadian system that are associated with high day to day variability of sleep time as well as elevated markers of cardio-metabolic risk, including abnormal oral glucose tolerance and reduced nocturnal blood pressure dipping.

A secondary hypothesis of the study is that adrenal insufficiency patients on a replacement regimen (as part of their standard of care ongoing treatment) that results in daytime cortisol profiles approximating the normal diurnal variation will have better cardio-metabolic function than adrenal insufficiency patients who have grossly abnormal cortisol profiles.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 86
• Est. completion date: December 2023
• Est. primary completion date: December 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency, Healthy matched controls, acute or unstable health conditions age 18 or older

Exclusion Criteria:

• Diabetes, Tertiary adrenal insufficiency

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Adrenal Insufficiency

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	The University of Chicago	Chicago	Illinois

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Chicago

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	day to day variability of sleep timing over 1 week of recording	On each day, the midpoint (time in hours and minutes) of the sleep period will be calculated and the variability over 1 week will be quantified by the standard deviation	day 1 to day 7
Secondary	nocturnal blood pressure dipping	a 24-h recording of blood pressure will be conducted in the laboratory with concurrent sleep recording. Dipping will be calculated as the difference between the daytime mean and the nighttime mean	day 8 to 9
Secondary	oral glucose tolerance	A 3-h 75g oral glucose tolerance test will be performed in the laboratory after an overnight fast. Glucose tolerance will be quantified by the total area under the glucose curve over the 3-hour period of sampling.	day 11 to 12