Hydrocortisone Use After Etomidate in Intensive Care

Phase 3 Completed 106 enrolled University Hospital, Grenoble

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

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

Timeline

Start: 2008-10
Primary completion: 2010-07
Completion: 2010-07

Publications

Payen JF, Dupuis C, Trouve-Buisson T, Vinclair M, Broux C, Bouzat P, Genty C, Monneret D, Faure P, Chabre O, Bosson JL. Corticosteroid after etomidate in critically ill patients: a randomized controlled trial. Crit Care Med. 2012 Jan;40(1):29-35. doi: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e31822d7938.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Hydrocortisone	Other / unclassified	200 mg	Other

Indications

No indication recorded.