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Last refreshed on: 30 January 2023
Main ID:  NCT02288962
Date of registration: 05/11/2014
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: St. Olavs Hospital
Public title: Dopamine Agonist Treatment of Non-functioning Pituitary Adenomas
Scientific title: Dopamine Agonist Treatment of Non-functioning Pituitary Adenomas (NFPAs) - a Randomized Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: November 2014
Target sample size: 60
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02288962
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Single (Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Norway Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Stine L Fougner, MD PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: stine.fougner@ntnu.no
Affiliation: 
Name:     Stine L Fougner, md phd
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: stine.fougner@ntnu.no
Affiliation: 
Name:     Sven M Carlsen, prof md
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Affiliation:  Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- A previously untreated non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma (largest diameter = 10
mm) with either demonstrated growth on repeated MRI scans or = 2 mm distance to
chiasma opticum, or:

- a residual non-functioning pituitary adenoma after surgery (largest diameter = 5 mm)
that is either extrasellar and/or with documented growth after surgical treatment of a
non-functioning pituitary macroadenoma

Exclusion Criteria:

- Clear indication for surgery at the time of inclusion

- Previous radiation therapy

- Pituitary surgery the last 6 months

- Previous apoplexy/bleeding in the adenoma

- Pregnancy or lactation

- Contraindications for cabergoline treatment (Known cardiac valvular disease, known
pulmonal, pericardial or retroperitoneal fibrosis, clinical significant liver
insufficiency, use of medications that interact with cabergoline

- unfit to participate due to any other reason



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Pituitary Neoplasms
Adenoma
Intervention(s)
Drug: cabergoline
Primary Outcome(s)
change in tumour volume during the main study of two years [Time Frame: 2 years]
Secondary Outcome(s)
need for surgical and/or radiation treatment [Time Frame: up till 2 years]
impulse control disorder [Time Frame: up till 2 years]
change in tumour's distance to chiasma opticum in mm [Time Frame: up till 2 years]
development of cardiac valvulopathy [Time Frame: up till 2 years]
changed pituitary function [Time Frame: up till 2 years]
Secondary ID(s)
2012/677
2012-001338-32
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Ethics review
Results
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