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Hydrocortisone Use After Etomidate in Intensive Care

Opothérapie Par Hydrocortisone après Injection Unique d'Etomidate Chez le Patient de réanimation

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00862381
Enrollment
106
Registered
2009-03-16
Start date
2008-10-31
Completion date
2010-07-31
Last updated
2010-07-26

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Conditions

Patient Admitted in Reanimation

Keywords

shock, Tracheal Intubation, reanimation, suprarenal insufficiency, Etomidate, Adrenocorticotropic Hormone, hydrocortisone

Brief summary

the objective of the study is to assess the value of substitution with 200mg/24h of hydrocortisone for 48 hours for patients in intensive care who have received a single injection of etomidate

Detailed description

Etomidate is a hypnotic widely used for patients in intensive care who require rapid induction, because of its short duration of action, its excellent cardiovascular tolerance and maintenance of cerebral perfusion pressure. For this reason etomidate remains the hypnotic of choice for induction of unstable patients. Other hypnotics currently in existence do not provide adequate safety with a sufficiently predictable and stable effect in this situation. However, it may induce acute adrenal insufficiency by inhibition of 11-b-hydroxylase necessary for the synthesis of cortisol from compound S. An observational study conducted at the Grenoble University hospital in 2006 showed that the duration of this blockage can reach up to 48 hours. Acute adrenal insufficiency in intensive care patients is associated with a poor prognosis. The main objective of this study is to assess the value of substitution with 200mg/24h of hydrocortisone for 48 hours for patients in intensive care who have received a single injection of etomidate. This is an interventional, prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, analytical study with a cohort of 100 patients between 18 and 80 years, of both sexes, who have had tracheal intubation in a pre-hospital or shock treatment setting with the administration of a single injection of etomidate.

Interventions

DRUGHydrocortisone

hemisuccinate d'hydrocortisone, 200mg per 24 hours, 48 hours of treatment

DRUGPlacebo

NaCl 0.9%

Sponsors

University Hospital, Grenoble
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 79 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Patients who received an unique injection of etomidate in pre-hospital situation or at déchocage in the previous 6 hours. * informed consent signed by the patient or the reliable person * affiliation to a regime of social security

Exclusion criteria

* persons aimed at the articles L. 1121-5 à L. 1121-8 of the french code of public health * toxic shock requiring a treatment by HSHC inn accordance with the criteria of Annane et Al. \[13\] * purpura fulminans * chronicle suprarenal insufficiency * patients likely to present an acute suprarenal insufficiency : current treatment with antifungal : ketoconazole or fluconazole, known HIV infection, Sheehan syndrome * corticotherapy in the 6 last months * initiation of hydrocortisone therapy out of the study * survival estimated at less than 48 hours * no benefits of social security * refusal to participate by patient or reliable person

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
diminution of 50% of the proportion of patients with a score SOFA of 3 or 412h, 24h and 48h after the injection of hydrocortisone
mean arterial blood pressureduring the hospitalisation
plasmatic cortisol and substance S before and after ACTH stimulationh-4; h6; h12 and h24

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
duration and posology of adrenaline and noradrenalineh0, h4, h6, h12, h24 and h48
complications during hospitalization in reanimation potentially due to HSHCuntil day28
clinical state12h and 24h
mortalityday28
dose of etomidate injectionh0
hospitalisation duration in reanimationuntil day28
duration of mechanical ventilationuntil day28

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 27, 2026