View clinical trials related to Adrenal Insufficiency.
Filter by:The researchers propose the use of mifepristone as an alternative way to test for Central Adrenal Insufficiency (CAI). They want to assess the feasibility of recruitment and the efficacy of the purposed method.
As a post-approval requirement of the European Medicines Agency, this European patient post authorization safety study is an observational study being conducted to monitor the safety of long-term treatment with Plenadren and other glucocorticoid replacement therapies in routine clinical practice in patients with chronic adrenal insufficiency (primary or secondary).
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of hydrocortisone replacement therapy in patients with partial cortisol deficiency after traumatic brain injury or subarachnoid hemorrhage on cognitive function.
The study (forward-looking and opened) will concern 70 subjects having had a systemic prolonged treatment with corticosteroids for intestinal chronic inflammatory disease, recruited in the services of gastroenterology and endocrinology of the North Hospital of Marseille (France). The primary objective of the study is to estimate a new test, the "long" synacthen stimulation test, using an IM injection of 1 mg of delate synacthen, with regard to the definitive standard. Indeed, this long test could be realized in ambulatory conditions, and turn out more contributory than the definitive standard to estimate the capacities of answer of the adrenal glands in front of a prolonged stress, as it is the case during a surgical procedure for example. The secondary objectives are: 1) to determine the relation between the value of basal cortisol and the peak of stimulation of cortisol during short and long tests. This could allow to clarify better the conditions in which it is absolutely necessary to realize a dynamic test, 2) to determine the relation between cortisol assay in the plasma and in the saliva. The sample of saliva is simple and non-invasive, and presents the advantage to be able to be realized in ambulatory conditions and by the patient himself. The cortisonic withdrawal syndrome is another complication which can arise when a prolonged corticosteroid therapy is discontinued. Clinically, it looks like a chronic adrenocortical insufficiency, but with normal ranges of plasma cortisol. It is probably in touch with a physical dependence to the taking of above physiological doses of GC over a long period. Its physiopathology remains badly known, but could bring in a deficit of secretion of DHEA-S (dehydro-epiandrosterone sulphate), another hormone secreted by the adrenal glands. One of the secondary objectives of the study will consist in informing the variations of DHEA-S after a prolonged corticotherapy, in the basal state and after stimulation by the long synacthen stimulation test.
Randomized controlled trial evaluating the duration of steroid replacement therapy in patients with adrenal insufficiency and septic shock. Patients will be randomized to receive either hydrocortisone 50 mg IV every six hours for seven days (control) or hydrocortisone 50 mg IV every six hours until 24 hours after achievement of hemodynamic stability (MAP > 65 mm Hg off of vasopressors).
Inhaled corticosteroids are largely used in patients with asthma or chronic obstructive lung diseases. The purpose of this study is to determine if the use of inhaled corticosteroids is associated with suppression of endogenous cortisol production, as seen in patients treated with pharmacologic doses of oral or parenteral steroids.
This study will evaluate patients with a variety of endocrine disorders in order to 1) learn more about conditions that affect the endocrine glands (glands that secrete hormones) and 2) to train physicians in endocrinology. Patients of all ages with endocrine-related conditions may be eligible for evaluation under this protocol. Those enrolled may be required to provide blood, saliva, urine or stool samples, and to undergo ultrasound examination of the thyroid gland, ovaries or testes, adrenal glands or other parts of the body. Laboratory or X-ray studies may be done for diagnostic or treatment purposes. In some cases, patients will receive medical or surgical treatment for their disorder. Patients and family members of patients with a hereditary disorder may be asked to provide a blood sample for genetic analysis.