Test Predicting Adrenal Insufficiency in Volunteers Under Prednisone Treatment
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2009-10-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
Suppression of the adrenal function is a common, potentially dangerous and unpredictable
consequence of short term high dose glucocorticoid treatment. Identification of patients at
risk would be of high clinical importance. The investigators hypothesized that the
dexamethasone-suppression-test predicts the subsequent development of corticosteroid induced
adrenal insufficiency.