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Trial Title:
Ramadan Fasting in Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency Patients
NCT ID:
NCT05827965
Condition:
Secondary Adrenal Insufficiency
Fasting, Intermittent
Conditions: Official terms:
Neoplasm Metastasis
Adrenal Insufficiency
Conditions: Keywords:
secondary adrenal insufficiency
intermittent fasting
complications
education
glucocorticoid replacement therapy
lifestyle
Study type:
Interventional
Study phase:
N/A
Overall status:
Active, not recruiting
Study design:
Allocation:
N/A
Intervention model:
Single Group Assignment
Intervention model description:
before and after education and drug adjustement
Primary purpose:
Prevention
Masking:
None (Open Label)
Intervention:
Intervention type:
Behavioral
Intervention name:
education and drug adjustement
Description:
education of the patients (lifestyle) and adjustement of glucocorticoid replacement
schedule
Arm group label:
patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency
Summary:
Intermittent Ramadan fasting was associated with a risk of complications in patients with
adrenal insufficiency. A risk stratification with recommendations (lifestyle and drug
adjustment) for fasting in these patients has been recently published. So, this
prospective interventional study was carried out to evaluated these recommendations.
Patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency and willing to fast Ramadan were included.
Before Ramadan, patients underwent a clinical examination and were educated for lifestyle
measures and the schedule of glucocorticoid replacement therapy was adjusted. The
occurrence of complications and the number of fasted days during the month of Ramadan
2023 were reported and compared with those of Ramadan 2022.
Detailed description:
Intermittent fasting during the month of Ramadan is one of the five pillars of Islam and
a sacred ritual for Muslims. Patients with chronic diseases seek advice from their
physician and insist on fasting. A former study showed that 76.7% of adrenal
insufficiency patients were exempted from fasting and 50.5% of them fasted against the
advice of their physician. Few studies have assessed the risk of complications in adrenal
insufficiency patients. The most frequently reported complications were asthenia (88.5%),
signs suggestive of dehydration (49.2%), intense thirst (32.8%), and signs of
hypoglycaemia (18%). Hypoglycaemia was detected by 24 hour-continuous glucose monitoring
in 10% of fasting patients with secondary adrenal insufficiency (SAI). These
complications were more frequent in patients with insufficient knowledge of the disease.
A literature review was published 2021 and a risk stratification of patients with adrenal
insufficiency and recommendations for patient education and therapeutic adjustment were
proposed. However, no study has evaluated the effect of these measures on Ramadan fasting
in SAI.
The objectives were to:
1. compare the number of fasted days and the prevalence of complications during Ramadan
fasting before (2022) and after therapeutic education and treatment adjustment
(2023) in patients with SAI.
2. determine the factors associated with complications during Ramadan fasting in SAI.
Methods:
Before the month of Ramadan 2023, patients meeting the inclusion criteria were enrolled.
All patients signed a written informed consent.
During the first visit, the following data were recorded:
- gender, age, medical and surgical history, current treatments, medication schedule,
the 2022 fast (number of fasted days, complications (type, days, time, break of the
fast for a complication)).
- weight, height, lying and standing blood pressure.
- Some data were taken from the medical file: other affected pituitary axes, etiology
of the SAI, results of the insulin hypoglycaemia test if performed (baseline
cortisol, peak level, peak time, area under the curve), plasma creatinine.
Subsequently, patient education (the particularities of the disease, the risks and
lifestyle measures) and therapeutic adjustments were performed according to the
recommendations published by Chihaoui et al in Endocrine, 2021.
Throughout the month of Ramadan 2023, patients filled in forms indicating for the fasted
days: dinner time, shour time, sleep time, unusual physical activity, treatment schedule,
occurrence of complications: type, time, break of the fast for a complication.
Throughout the study, regular telephone contact with one of the investigators was
performed for any additional information, advice or therapeutic adjustment.
Criteria for eligibility:
Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients aged over 18 years
- Secondary adrenal insufficiency patients
- Substituted with glucocorticoids for more than one year.
- Willing to fast during the month of Ramadan 2023
Exclusion Criteria:
- cardiac insufficiency,
- respiratory insufficiency,
- hepatic insufficiency,
- renal insufficiency (creatinine clearance < 60 ml/min/1.73m2),
- advanced neoplasia,
- undernutrition,
- diabetes insipidus,
- diabetes mellitus,
- neuro-psychiatric disease,
- infectious disease
- chronic inflammatory disease,
- hyperthyroidism,
- uncontrolled hypothyroidism,
- alcoholism,
- diuretic intake,
- glucocorticoid treatment for purposes other than substitution,
- treatment with enzyme inducers,
- pregnancy,
- breastfeeding
- consent withdrawn
- study discontinuation.
Gender:
All
Minimum age:
18 Years
Maximum age:
N/A
Healthy volunteers:
No
Locations:
Facility:
Name:
University Hospital La Rabta
Address:
City:
Tunis
Country:
Tunisia
Start date:
March 1, 2023
Completion date:
March 1, 2024
Lead sponsor:
Agency:
Hopital La Rabta
Agency class:
Other
Source:
Hopital La Rabta
Record processing date:
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this data on November 12, 2024
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov page:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT05827965