Long Term Outcome Study in Patients With Pituitary Disorders

University of Alberta

Status

Active, not recruiting

Conditions

Pituitary Neoplasms

Pituitary Diseases

Study type

Observational

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT03665064

Pro00048323

Details and patient eligibility

About

To determine the outcomes of patients with different pituitary disorders whether they are managed medically, surgically or expectantly.

Full description

A chart audit of around 1500 patients seen in two specific clinics, the Medical Pituitary Clinic and the combined Endocrine/Neurosurgical Pituitary Clinic at the University of Alberta Hospital, will be performed to determine the effectiveness of various treatment strategies on the long term outcome of specific pituitary disorders. The investigator's will collect retrospective demographic (age, sex, ethnicity), clinical (mode of presentation, hormonal parameters) and therapeutic outcome (surgical, medical, expectant and / or radiation treatment; co-morbidities and complications) of patients seen in these two clinics between January 2000 and December 2020.

Enrollment

1,500 estimated patients

Sex

All

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria