Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

Effects of Metyrapone in Patients With Hypercortisolism

Lead Sponsor:

Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Collaborating Sponsors:

HRA Pharma

Conditions:

Hypercortisolism

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-85 years

Brief Summary

The aims of the present study are to evaluate in patients with mild hypercortisolism the effect of metyrapone treatment on glycometabolic control, blood pressure, thrombotic risk parameters, lipid pro...

Detailed Description

This open prospective observational study will include patients with mild hypercortisolism of both adrenal and pituitary origin not candidate for surgery. Patients taking metyrapone since less than a ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with mild Cushing's Syndrome not candidate for surgery
  • Current therapy with metyrapone since less than 1 week
  • Cortisol levels at 08:00 after 1 mg-overnight dexamethasone suppression test (1mgDST) \>1.8 μg/dL
  • Confirmed with 2 mg two days dexamethasone suppression test (2mgx2dDST)
  • Presence of at least one out of the following conditions: type 2 diabetes mellitus, impaired fasting glucose (IFG) and/or impaired glucose tolerance (IGT), arterial hypertension, bone mineral density (BMD) Z-score \< -2.0 and/or fragility fracture at any skeletal site
  • Stable anti-hypertensive therapies and blood pressure (BP) levels in the month before enrolment
  • Stable anti-diabetic therapies and glycometabolic control during the month before enrolment
  • Stable body weight during the month before enrolment

Exclusion

  • Signs and/or symptoms of overt hypercortisolism (striae rubrae, moon facies, easy bruising, buffalo hump, hypertrichosis)
  • Malignant hypertension and/or BP \<200/120 mmHg
  • Severe hyperglycemia (i.e. FG \>350 mg/dL)
  • Urinary free cortisol (UFC) higher than 1.5 fold the upper normal range
  • Presence of pheochromocytoma or primary hyperaldosteronism
  • Possible adrenal metastases or radiological features suggestive for adrenal malignancy (i.e. not homogeneous pattern, necrosis, calcifications, irregular margins, local invasion and high density at computed tomography)
  • Congenital adrenal hyperplasia
  • Intake of drugs influencing cortisol metabolism and/or secretion
  • Women in child-bearing age
  • Patients with body mass index (BMI) \>35 kg/m2

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 28 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

20 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05255900

Start Date

April 28 2022

End Date

December 1 2025

Last Update

September 8 2025

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Istituto Auxologico Italiano

Milan, Italy, 20149