Status:

UNKNOWN

Screening and Stimulation Testing for Residual Secretion of Adrenal Steroid Hormones in Autoimmune Addison's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

University of Bergen

Collaborating Sponsors:

Karolinska Institutet

Charite University, Berlin, Germany

Conditions:

Primary Adrenal Insufficiency

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

In autoimmune adrenal insufficiency, or Addison's disease (AD), the immune system attacks the adrenal cortex. As a result, the adrenal cells producing hormones such as cortisol and aldosterone are des...

Detailed Description

Autoimmune destruction of the adrenal cortex is the main cause of primary adrenal insufficiency (Addison's disease, AD). Autoimmune AD (AAD) becomes clinically manifest when 90 % of cortex of adrenal ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Men and women with AAD, age 18-70 years old. This requires documented adrenal insufficiency and a positive test for 21-hydroxylase autoantibodies (biomarker for autoimmune cause) on at least one occasion.
  • Provided written informed consent
  • In case of concomitant endocrine/autoimmune diseases, the patients should be on stable adequate treatment at least the last 3 months prior to the study period.
  • For Norwegian AD patients: enrolled in ROAS
  • For Swedish AD patients: enrolled in the Swedish Addison registry

Exclusion

  • Antihypertensive treatment, with the exception of doxazosin, verapamil, and moxonidine.
  • Active malignant disease, severe heart, kidney or liver failure.
  • Diabetes mellitus type 1.
  • Pregnancy or breast feeding.
  • Pharmacological treatment with glucocorticoids (except their usual cortisone or hydrocortisone replacement therapy) or drugs that interfere with cortisol and catecholamine metabolism (antiepileptics, rifampicin, St. Johns wart).
  • Use of other glucocorticoid replacement medication than cortisone acetate or hydrocortisone.
  • Intake of grapefruit, grapefruit juice, or and liquorice juice the last week before or during the study period.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 26 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

200 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03793114

Start Date

September 26 2018

End Date

December 1 2025

Last Update

November 29 2023

Active Locations (3)

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1

Endokrinologie in Charlottenburg

Berlin, Germany, 10627

2

Haukeland University Hospital

Bergen, Norway, 5021

3

Karolinska Institutet

Stockholm, Sweden, 171 77