CompletedNot Applicable

Study to Investigate Adrenal Crisis (Six-year Follow-up)

268 participantsStarted 2016-08-13

Plain-language summary

Patients with adrenal insufficiency are at risk to suffer from life threatening adrenal crisis. The aim of this trial was to reevaluate the frequency of adrenal crisis and risk factors for crisis within a prospective study (six-years follow-up of a former prospective study).

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Chronic primary or secondary adrenal insufficiency; hormone replacement therapy with glucocorticoids (hydrocortisone, cortisone acetat, prednisone or prednisolone) * Written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Adrenal insufficiency due to adrenocortical carcinoma * Adrenal insufficiency due to long-term pharmacological glucocorticoid treatment * Glucocorticoid doses above 7.5 mg prednisolone equivalent for other reasons than adrenal insufficiency * Age younger than 18 years

What they're measuring

Frequency of adrenal crisis

Timeframe: six years

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03499990

SponsorWuerzburg University Hospital

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2017-05-23

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