ClinicalTrials.Veeva

Menu

Hydrocortisone in Hormone Replacement Therapy for Large Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumors

Capital Medical University logo

Capital Medical University

Status and phase

Enrolling
Phase 4

Conditions

Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor
Pituitary Adenoma

Treatments

Drug: Placebo
Drug: Hormone replacement therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

Details and patient eligibility

About

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

Enrollment

882 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

18 to 70 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • (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;
  • (5) The subject or their legal representative signs the informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

  • (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

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

Triple Blind

882 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Hormone supplementation therapy group
Experimental group
Treatment:
Drug: Hormone replacement therapy
Placebo therapy group
Placebo Comparator group
Treatment:
Drug: Placebo

Trial contacts and locations

1

Loading...

Central trial contact

xingchao wang, Phd

Data sourced from clinicaltrials.gov

Clinical trials

Find clinical trialsTrials by location
© Copyright 2026 Veeva Systems