Checking updated cortisol lab values for adrenal insufficiency
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This study tests whether updated cortisol test numbers better identify adrenal insufficiency, a hormone condition where your body doesn’t make enough stress hormone. It may help doctors confirm the diagnosis and choose safer next steps for treatment.
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Who can take part
- You are age 18 or older, and can attend as an outpatient or inpatient with non-critical illness
- You either have no adrenal insufficiency diagnosis, or you have confirmed or suspected adrenal insufficiency (based on your medical evaluation)
- If you have adrenal insufficiency, you’re currently taking normal “replacement” steroid doses
- You are not pregnant or nursing
- You have no moderate-to-severe liver problems and no kidney problems (eGFR must be 60 or higher, and no nephrotic syndrome)
- You meet medication and health exclusions (for example: no biotin in the last 72 hours, no recent steroid use for healthy volunteers, and no certain liver-affecting drugs or alcohol/cannabis use)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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