Automated immunodosage methods (Roche Elecsys cortisol and IDS cortisol dosing kits) offer a simple and inexpensive technology routinely used in a medical biology laboratory. They can be used to define robust diagnostic thresholds for salivary cortisol for the diagnosis of Cushing's syndrome and pseudo-Cushing combining the three tests performed as part of the patient's usual management. (ie two urinary free cortisol (UFC), the dexamethasone suppression test, and Diurnal variation of plasma cortisol).
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Salivary cortisol measured by Roche Elecsys cortisol kit
Timeframe: Day 1 (at screening)
Salivary cortisol measured by IDS cortisol dosing kit at screening
Timeframe: Day 1 (at screening)