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Last refreshed on: 9 January 2017
Main ID:  NCT01771328
Date of registration: 10/01/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Haukeland University Hospital
Public title: Continuous Subcutaneous Hydrocortisone Infusion in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia CAH
Scientific title: Continuous Subcutaneous Hydrocortisone Infusion in Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
Date of first enrolment: February 2013
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01771328
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Norway
Contacts
Name:     Kristian Løvås, MD, PhD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Haukeland University Hospital, Department of Medicine
Name:     Kristian Løvås, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +47 55977996
Email: kral@helse-bergen.no
Affiliation: 
Name:     Kristian Løvås, MD, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +4755977996
Email: kral@helse-bergen.no
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- verified salt-wasting CAH and simple virilizing CAH, on single prednisone, or
hydrocortisone therapy.

- In case of concomitant endocrine/autoimmune diseases these should be on stable
treatment during the study period.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with diabetes mellitus on insulin pump treatment will not be included in
this study

- cardiovascular disease, active malignant disease and pregnancy, and pharmacological
treatment with glucocorticoids or drugs that interfere with cortisol metabolism
(antiepileptics, rifampicin, St. Johns wart).



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Adrenal Hyperplasia, Congenital
Intervention(s)
Drug: Cortisone acetate
Drug: Hydrocortisone
Primary Outcome(s)
Androgen levels [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
c-reactive protein [Time Frame: 4 months]
waist circumference [Time Frame: 3 month]
Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) [Time Frame: 6 months]
fasting glucose [Time Frame: 4 months]
hip circumference [Time Frame: 3 months]
Steroid metabolism [Time Frame: 4 months]
bone metabolism [Time Frame: 3 months]
blood pressure [Time Frame: 3 months]
fasting insulin [Time Frame: 3-4 months]
body mass index [Time Frame: 3 months]
Subjective health status [Time Frame: 3 months]
glycated haemoglobin (Hb1AC) [Time Frame: 4 months]
lipid levels [Time Frame: 4 months]
Secondary ID(s)
2012/749
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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