Active clinical trials for "Adrenal Insufficiency"

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.

This was a two-part, single centre, open-label, randomised, single dose, two-period, crossover study to evaluate the bioavailability of Infacort® versus Cortef® immediate release hydrocortisone tablets in dexamethasone-suppressed healthy adult male and female subjects in the fasted and fed states.

Patients with chronic adrenal insufficiency need to adapt their hydrocortisone replacement dose in conditions of physical or psychological stress to prevent life threatening adrenal crisis. In cases of more severe impairment or unsecure gastrointestinal absorption (e.g. gastroenteritis, severe infectious disease), parenteral administration of the hydrocortisone dose is crucial. The study is conducted to offer patients the possibility to perform hydrocortisone self administration in emergency situations in a way of administration which is easy to perform and accepted by the patient. Therefore, pharmacokinetics and safety of subcutaneous hydrocortisone administration will be studied and compared to intramuscular administration.

The purpose of this study is to gather safety and effectiveness information about a new formulation of Hydrocortisone (Chronocort®) used to treat patients with a disease called congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Hydrocortisone is the man-made version of the hormone cortisol, which is released in the body following a regular daily pattern. The objective of the study is to measure the levels of hydrocortisone that are absorbed into the bloodstream once Chronocort® is taken and what affects it has on other hormones in the body. Since Chronocort® is anticipated to mimic the same release pattern of cortisol in the body, it is hoped that patients with CAH will be treated more effectively to manage their disease.

DHEA is an adrenal deriven androgen precourser. The impact of DHEA substitution therapy in adrenal failure is unknown as well as the physiologically effects of DHEA is unknown. Effects of physiologically DHEA substitution is investigated in the model of female adrenal failure.

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.

OBJECTIVES: I. Determine the efficacy of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), an androgen replacement hormone, for patients with primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease).

The aim of the study was to assess the effect of high intensity statin therapy on testicular and adrenal steroids and vitamin D levels in type 2 diabetes males.It is a prospective study, conducted between march 2021 and July 2022, including 60 men with type 2 diabetes, aged 40 - 65 years, statin-free, and in whom a treatment with high intensity statin was indicated. The patients had two visits, before and six months after a daily intake of 40 mg of atorvastatin. During each visit, they underwent a clinical examination including the Androgen Deficiency in the Aging Male (ADAM) questionnaire and a fasting blood sample was collected for biological and hormonal measurements.

This was a single centre, open label, randomised, two period, crossover study to evaluate the bioavailability of Chronocort® versus Cortef® immediate release hydrocortisone tablets in dexamethasone-suppressed healthy adult male subjects.

The aim of this study is to investigate whether a physiologically low hydrocortisone (HC) dose is better for cognition as compared to a physiologically high HC dose. In addition, quality of life, metabolic profile and somatosensation will be described in relation to HC dose.