CareOnTIME.
Trial name or title | Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Once Daily Hydrocortisone Treatment (CareOnTIME). |
Methods | Interventional Phase IV, open‐label RCT. Parallel design. Location: Naples, Italy. Duration: 6 months per treatment arm, but washout period was not stated in paper. |
Participants | 150 participants. Age: > 18 years. Gender: both genders eligible. Diagnosis: CAH due to 21‐hydroxylase deficiency. |
Interventions |
Arm 1: conventional glucocorticoid therapy is continued as before entering the study (immediate release HC, cortisone acetate, PD, prednisone, DXA). Arm 2: dual release HC oral tablets administered once‐daily in the fasting state. |
Outcomes | Outcomes: change in LDL‐cholesterol, BMI, blood pressure, insulinaemia, glycated haemoglobin, bone mineral density, QoL, sex function in males/females, change in depression status, change in treatment compliance, changes in androgen levels, changes in sperm concentration, changes in ovarian follicle reserve. |
Starting date | 11 August 2016. |
Contact information | Professor Rosario Pivonello, MD, PhD. |
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