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UnknownNCT02001207
Salivary Cortisol in Intensive Care Unit
Association of Salivary Cortisol Levels and Outcome of Critically Ill Patients in the Intensive Care Unit
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 90 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Seoul National University Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 18 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
In critical illness, patients are highly stressed and should have elevated cortisol (stress hormone) secretion to adapt to stress. Dysfunction of this system is referred to as critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency. Free cortisol (unbound form) which is mainly responsible for its physiologic function is difficult to measure. We hypothesized that the salivary cortisol, which can be obtained by noninvasive methods, can more accurately evaluate adrenal function of critically ill patients.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | Salivary cortisol test |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2013-07-01
- Primary completion
- 2015-06-01
- First posted
- 2013-12-04
- Last updated
- 2014-11-20
Locations
1 site across 1 country: South Korea
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT02001207. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.