200
Participants
Start Date
September 26, 2018
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2025
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2025
Cosyntropin stimulation test
Blood samples are taken before (0 min), and 30 and 60 min after intravenously administration of 250 µg cosyntropin (tetracosactide acetate) with the patient placed in the recumbent position. The test will be performed non-fasting (but medication-fasting) between 08:00 and 10:00 a.m.
Baseline blood tests
Medication-fasting morning levels of adrenocortical hormones.
30-hour ambulatory sampling of intestinal fluid
30-hour ambulatory sampling of intestinal fluid for analysis of adrenocortical hormones.
Blood test
Cardiovascular and inflammatory biomarker profiles
Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen
Endokrinologie in Charlottenburg, Berlin
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm
Karolinska Institutet
OTHER
Charite University, Berlin, Germany
OTHER
University of Bergen
OTHER