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Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT01093261
Date of registration: 23/03/2010
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Nantes University Hospital
Public title: Corticosteroid Therapy for Glucocorticoid Insufficiency Related to Traumatic Brain Injury Corti-TC
Scientific title: Phase 3 Study of Hydrocortisone and Fludrocortisone in Glucocorticoid Insufficiency Related to Traumatic Brain Injury
Date of first enrolment: August 2010
Target sample size: 336
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01093261
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Antoine ROQUILLY
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Affiliation:  Nantes University Hospital
Name:     Pierre Albaladejo
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Affiliation:  University Hospital, Grenoble
Name:     Olivier Langeron
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Affiliation:  Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Name:     Pierre François Perrigault
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Affiliation:  CHU de Montpellier
Name:     Karim ASEHNOUNE
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Affiliation:  Nantes University Hospital
Name:     Marc Leonne
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Affiliation:  CHU de Marseille
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Trauma brain injury (Glasgow score below 8 and lesion on scanner)

- Informed consent

- Time to inclusion inferior to 24 hours

Exclusion Criteria:

- Tetraplegia

- Administration of chronic corticosteroids in the last 6 months or acute steroid
therapy (any dose) within 4 weeks (excluding inhaled steroids). Topical steroids are
not exclusions

- Drug-induced immunosuppression, including chemotherapy or radiation therapy within 4
weeks before the study

- Antibiotherapy for active sepsis at the time of inclusion



Age minimum: 15 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Traumatic Brain Injury
Adrenal Insufficiency
Pneumonia
Trauma
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Hydrocortisone Fludrocortisone
Primary Outcome(s)
rate of hospital acquired pneumonia [Time Frame: day-28]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Organ failures [Time Frame: day-28]
Post traumatic stress disorder [Time Frame: 12 months]
Duration of mechanical ventilation support [Time Frame: 6 months]
other infections [Time Frame: day-28]
Mortality from all causes [Time Frame: day-28]
Neurological recovery [Time Frame: 1-year]
Glucocorticoid function [Time Frame: on day 11-12]
Length of ICU stay [Time Frame: 6 months]
Mortality from all causes [Time Frame: 1 year]
Time to amines withdrawal [Time Frame: day-28]
Secondary ID(s)
BRD/10/01-L
SFAR
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Société Française d'Anesthésie et de Réanimation
Ethics review
Results
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