Using steroids to guide treatment for adrenal tumors
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This trial tests if measuring a specific steroid can help find which patients with primary aldosteronism (a condition where the adrenal glands make too much of the hormone aldosterone) might be cured by surgery. You would undergo imaging and blood tests from the adrenal veins to see if the problem is in one gland.
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Who can take part
- You have been diagnosed with primary aldosteronism (high aldosterone levels).
- You are willing to have a special blood test called adrenal vein sampling and a PET/CT scan.
- If the tests show that only one adrenal gland is causing the problem, you are interested in having surgery to remove it.
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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