Hydrocortisone in Hormone Replacement Therapy for Large Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 4
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18-70
SponsorBeijing Tiantan Hospital

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to assess the need for hydrocortisone replacement therapy during the perioperative period for large pituitary neuroendocrine tumors. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does hydrocortisone replacement therapy reduce the incidence of adrenal insufficiency in participants? Researchers will compare hydrocortisone to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if hydrocortisone works to reduce the incidence of adrenal insufficiency.

Participants will:

* Take or intravenous infusion drug hydrocortisone or a placebo every day for 2 weeks * Visit the clinic three months after surgery for checkups and tests * Keep a diary of their symptoms

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

(1) Age range: 18-70 years old;

(2) Accept PitNETs patients who can be treated with endoscopic transsphenoidal surgery;

(3) The maximum diameter of the tumor is ≥ 2 centimeters;

(4) Preoperative hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis integrity;

Disqualifiers

(1) Patients with a history of Cushing's disease or adrenal insufficiency;

(2) Emergency and combined hormone therapy patients;

(3) Pituitary stroke patients;

(4) Patients lacking head magnetic resonance imaging;

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Hormone replacement therapy

    Drug

    Perioperative Hydrocortisone Reduction Therapy

  • Placebo

    Drug

    Perioperative placebo Reduction Therapy

Treatment groups

882 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Hormone supplementation therapy groupExperimental treatment 1 intervention
Group B: Placebo therapy groupPlacebo comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

The incidence of adrenal insufficiency on the first or second day after surgery

Time frame
the first or second day after surgery

Secondary outcomes

1

The incidence of adrenal insufficiency within 90 days after surgery

Time frame
Within 90 days after surgery

Other outcomes

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