Clinical trials: Pituitary Adenomas
Cushing's Syndrome, Pituitary Adenoma
Defining the Genetic Basis for the Development of Primary Pigmented Nodular Adrenocortical Disease (PPNAD) and the Carney Complex
Lentiginosis refers to groups of diseases marked by the presence of pigmented spots on the skin. These conditions are most commonly associated with multiple tumors and changes in hormone producing glands.
- Conditions
- Cushing's Syndrome, Pituitary Adenoma, Carney Complex, Primary Pigmented Nodular Adrenocortical Disease
- Trial name
- NCT00001452
- Testing
- oCRH
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,387 people
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Pituitary Adenoma
Molecular Pituitary Imaging Using 18F-FET PET
The goal of this single centre pilot study is to explore whether 18F-fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine PET (FET-PET) yields comparable findings to 11C-methionine PET (Met-PET) for the localisation of pituitary tumours.
- Trial name
- FET-pit-PET (NCT06584123)
- Testing
- 18F-Fluoro-ethyl-tyrosine (FET) PET
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- University of Cambridge
Pituitary Diseases
Prognosis of Atypical Pituitary Adenomas
Context: Pituitary adenoma is generally indolent, but an aggressive subtype called atypical adenoma has uncertain prognosis, and an unclear relationship between prognosis and morphology.
- Trial name
- NCT00473369
- Sponsor
- Tohoku University
Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Breast Cancer
Yttrium Y 90 SMT 487 in Treating Patients With Refractory or Recurrent Cancer
RATIONALE: Radiolabeled drugs such as yttrium Y 90 SMT 487 can locate tumor cells and deliver tumor-killing substances to them without harming normal cells.
- Conditions
- Brain and Central Nervous System Tumors, Breast Cancer, Gastrointestinal Carcinoid Tumor, Islet Cell Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT00006368
- Testing
- yttrium Y 90-edotreotide
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Pituitary Adenomas, Prolactinomas
Targeted Therapy With Lapatinib in Patients With Recurrent Pituitary Tumors Resistant to Standard Therapy
This study focuses on new therapies for a challenging disease in pituitary medicine, that of aggressive pituitary tumors which have limited therapeutic options beyond standard surgical, radiotherapy, and select medical therapies…
- Trial name
- NCT00939523
- Testing
- Lapatinib
- Where
- 3 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 9 people
- Sponsor
- Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Acromegaly
Pasireotide in Patients With Acromegaly Inadequately Controlled With First Generation Somatostatin Analogues
This is a phase IIIb multicenter, open-label; single arm study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of pasireotide LAR 40 mg and 60 mg in patients with inadequately controlled acromegaly with maximal approved doses of first…
- Trial name
- NCT02354508
- Testing
- Pasireotide LAR
- Where
- 50 sites in Argentina, Belgium and 13 more
- Volunteers
- 123 people
- Sponsor
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Acromegaly, Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma
Direct Versus Video Laryngoscopy in Patients With Acromegaly
Acromegaly is associated with craniofacial skeletal changes and upper airway soft tissue hypertrophy, which may increase the risk of difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation.
- Trial name
- ACRO-VL (NCT07659912)
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Muzaffer GENCER
Pituitary ACTH Secreting Adenoma
Diagnostic Yield of Deep Learning Based Denoising MRI in Cushing's Disease
Negative MRI findings may occur in up to 40% of cases of ACTH producing microadenomas. The aim of the study is to evaluate if detection of ACTH producing microadenomas can be increased using deep learning based denoising MRI.
- Trial name
- NCT04121988
- Testing
- MRI
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 15 people
- Sponsor
- Asan Medical Center
Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, Neuroendocrine Neoplasm of Gastrointestinal Tract
Genetic Bases of Neuroendocrine Neoplasms in Mexican Patients
Neuroendocrine neoplasms (NENs) are a heterogeneous group of lesions derived from cells with the ability to produce hormones that may arise from multiple different organs.
- Conditions
- Neuroendocrine Neoplasm, Neuroendocrine Neoplasm of Gastrointestinal Tract, Neuroendocrine Neoplasm of Lung, Thymic Neuroendocrine Neoplasm
- Trial name
- NCT06523582
- Where
- 3 sites in Mexico
- Volunteers
- 750 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Non-Functional Pituitary Adenoma
Physical Attendance Versus Telephone or Video Follow-up in Patients With Non-functioning Pituitary Tumors.
The primary purpose of this study is to compare the safety of routine telephone assessment versus in-person assessment during a two-year period for patients with non-functioning pituitary adenomas.
- Trial name
- PITCARE (NCT06297473)
- Testing
- Telephone-/video follow-up, In-person follow-up
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 812 people
- Sponsor
- Zealand University Hospital
Pituitary Adenoma
Proton Radiation Therapy for Pituitary Adenoma
The purpose of this study is to collect information from medical records to see what effects proton beam radiation has on pituitary tumors and analyze possible side effects.
- Trial name
- PI01 (NCT00798057)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Pituitary Adenoma
Semi-sitting Versus Supine Position in Endoscopic Skull Base Surgery
This study is to prospectively compare the standard supine (control group) and the semi-sitting position (head elevation of 30°; intervention group) in endoscopic endonasal pituitary surgery.
- Trial name
- PosESS (NCT04584866)
- Testing
- Endonasal endoscopic pituitary surgery in semi-sitting position, Endonasal endoscopic pituitary surgery in supine position
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 54 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland
Non-functioning Pituitary Adenoma
Indocyanine Green Fluorescence in Endoscopic Resection of Non-Functioning Pituitary Adenomas
The goal of this study was to determine whether ICG improves outcomes in surgery for non-functioning macroadenomas. The main questions it aimed to answer were: Was gross total resection more frequent? Did ICG use lead to fewer…
- Trial name
- NCT07763236
- Testing
- Endoscopic endonasal transsphenoidal surgery, Indocyanine Green dye
- Where
- Slovenia
- Volunteers
- 34 people
- Sponsor
- Tomislav Felbabić
Renal Transplant Recipients, Non-functioning Pituitary Adenoma
Implementing eHealth Interventions Into Regular Clinical Practice
The purpose with this study is to test a digital patient-provider communication tool for symptom and needs management among patients with chronic health conditions.
- Trial name
- InvolveMe (NCT04218721)
- Testing
- InvolveMe
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 23 people
- Sponsor
- Oslo University Hospital
Neuroendocrine Tumors, Insulinoma
DOTATOC PET/CT for Imaging NET Patients
Neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) are generally slow growing, but some can be aggressive and resistant to treatment. Compared to healthy cells, the surface of these tumor cells has a greater number of special molecules called…
- Conditions
- Neuroendocrine Tumors, Insulinoma, Gastrinoma, Glucagonoma
- Trial name
- NCT03583528
- Testing
- 68Ga-DOTATOC PET/CT, 18F-FDG PET/CT
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 800 people
- Sponsor
- British Columbia Cancer Agency
Pituitary Adenoma
Transnasal Endoscopic Pituitary Surgery - the Effect of Posterior Nasal Septum Resection on Nasal Functions
The aim of the project is to compare the effect of different extent of resection of the posterior part of the septum on the postoperative nasal functions.
- Trial name
- NCT04782596
- Testing
- Posterium nasal septum resection
- Where
- Czechia
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- University Hospital Ostrava
Cushing's Syndrome
Study to Evaluate CORT125134 in Participants With Cushing's Syndrome
Cushing's syndrome is a relatively rare disorder caused by prolonged exposure to high levels of the glucocorticoid hormone cortisol. Cushing's syndrome may result from elevated endogenous or exogenous sources of cortisol.
- Trial name
- NCT02804750
- Testing
- CORT125134
- Where
- 25 sites in United States, Hungary and 3 more
- Volunteers
- 35 people
- Sponsor
- Corcept Therapeutics
Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Islet Cell Carcinoma
Antineoplaston Therapy in Treating Patients With Neuroendocrine Tumor That Is Metastatic or Unlikely to Respond to Surgery or Radiation Therapy
RATIONALE: Antineoplastons are naturally-occurring substances that may also be made in the laboratory. Antineoplastons may inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
- Conditions
- Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Islet Cell Carcinoma, Neuroendocrine Carcinoma, Pituitary Tumor
- Trial name
- NCT00003514
- Testing
- antineoplaston A10, antineoplaston AS2-1, alternative product therapy
- Where
- United States
- Sponsor
- Burzynski Research Institute
Prolactinoma, Prolactin Excess
Safety and Potency of a High Cabergoline Dosage in Microprolactinomas
This will be a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label trial with women harboring microprolactinomas and treatment naïve.
- Trial name
- SPARAGMOS (NCT07463235)
- Testing
- Cabergoline
- Where
- 16 sites in Brazil
- Volunteers
- 70 people
- Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo General Hospital
Pituitary Disease, Pituitary Incidentaloma
Seoul National University Pituitary Disease Cohort Study
The purpose of this study is to investigate the treatment and natural history of pituitary disease. We have a longstanding interest in pituitary disease including acromegaly, central diabetes insipidus, and nonfunctioning…
- Conditions
- Pituitary Disease, Pituitary Incidentaloma, Acromegaly, Central Diabetes Insipidus
- Trial name
- SNU-PIT (NCT03474601)
- Testing
- Dynamic hormone study and Magnetic resonance imaging
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 1,600 people
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital