Clinical trial • Phase II/III • Gastroenterology

HYDROCORTISONE for Pancreatic resection

Phase II/III trial of HYDROCORTISONE for Pancreatic resection.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Gastroenterology
Trial Disease
Pancreatic resection
Trial Stage
Phase II/III
Drug Modality
Small molecule

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
20-12-2024
First CTIS Authorization Date
07-03-2025

Trial design

Randomised, active: hydrocortison pfizer 100 mg (hydrocortisone) solution for injection/infusion (route: infusion); comparator/placebo: sodium chloride solution for infusion. dose/schedule not specified in the provided data.-controlled Phase II/III trial across 14 sites in Germany.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Active: HYDROCORTISON Pfizer 100 mg (hydrocortisone) solution for injection/infusion (route: infusion); Comparator/placebo: SODIUM CHLORIDE solution for infusion. Dose/schedule not specified in the provided data.
Target Sample Size
614
Trial Duration For Participant
365

Eligibility

Recruits 614 Vulnerable populations not selected. "Written informed consent obtained according to international guidelines and local laws" is required; "Patient without legal capacity" is listed as an exclusion..

Pregnancy Exclusion
23. Current or planned pregnancy, nursing period
Vulnerable Population
Vulnerable populations not selected. "Written informed consent obtained according to international guidelines and local laws" is required; "Patient without legal capacity" is listed as an exclusion.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Patients with planned elective PD [pancreatoduodenectomy]; regardless of indication"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 2. Male or female patients aged ≥ 18 years without upper age limit"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 3. Written informed consent obtained according to international guidelines and local laws"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 4. Ability to understand the nature of the trial and the trial related procedures and to comply with them"}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- 1. Other perioperatively planned or pre-existing medication with a glucocorticoid in a dose of more than 30mg hydrocortisone-equivalent per day (e.g. for PONV prophylaxis, autoimmune diseases)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 18. Focal or generalized epilepsy"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 19. Untreated overt hypothyroidism (Elevated Thyroid-Stimulating Hormone (TSH) levels and Low Free Thyroxine (FT4) levels)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 2. Vaccination with live vaccine or live attenuated vaccine within the 4 weeks prior to surgery"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 20. Pheochromocytoma"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 21. Known or persistent abuse of medication, drugs or alcohol"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 22. Person who is in a relationship of dependence/employment with the sponsor or the investigator"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 23. Current or planned pregnancy, nursing period"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 24. For women of childbearing potential failure to use one of the following safe methods of contraception: abstinence from sexual intercourse, female condoms, diaphragm or coil, each used in combination with spermicides; copper intra-uterine device"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 3. Known hypersensitivity to the IMP (hydrocortisone or any of the excipients)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 4. Participation in any other interventional clinical trial within the last 30 days prior to surgery"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 10. Inherited thromboembolic disease (Factor V Leiden Mutation, Prothrombin gene mutation, Protein C-, Protein S-, or antithrombin deficiency),"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 5. Simultaneous participation in other interventional trials which could interfere with this trial; simultaneous participation in registries and diagnostic trials is allowed"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 6. Patient without legal capacity"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 7. Uncontrolled arterial hypertension ESH Grade 3 (blood pressure remains at or above 180/110 mmHg despite treatment)"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 8. Chronic heart failure of New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III or IV"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 9. Glaucoma"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 25. WOCBP using hormonal contraceptives."}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 11. Myasthenia gravis"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 12. Active gastric or duodenal ulcer disease"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 13. Active diverticulitis"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 14. Active ulcerative colitis"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 15. Recent onset (6 months before randomisation) active deep venous thrombosis"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 16. Recent onset (6 months before randomisation) thromboembolic disease"}
  • {"criterion_text":"- 17. GFR < 30 ml/h/1.73 m² as estimated by CKD-EPI Creatinine Equation (2021) (www.kidney.org/professionals/gfr_calculator)"}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- 1. Post-operative pancreatic fistula of grade B or worse within 90 days after surgery (POPF B/C)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Post-operative pancreatic fistula of grade B or worse within 90 days after surgery (POPF B/C)"}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- 2. POPF B/C within 90 days after pancreatoduodenectomy","definition_or_measurement_approach":"POPF B/C within 90 days after pancreatoduodenectomy"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 3. Overall survival within one year (OS)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Overall survival within one year"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 4. Grade IIIb or worse complication in the Clavien-Dindo Classification (CDC) within 90 days after surgery (CDC IIIb+)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"CDC grade IIIb or worse within 90 days after surgery"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 6. Grade C postpancreatectomy haemorrhage within 90 days after surgery (PPH C)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PPH C within 90 days after surgery"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 7. Grade B or worse delayed gastric emptying within 90 days after surgery (DGE B/C)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"DGE B/C within 90 days after surgery"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 8. Grade B or worse bile leak within 90 days after surgery (BL B/C)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"BL B/C within 90 days after surgery"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 9. Grade B or worse chyle leak within 90 days after surgery (CL B/C)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"CL B/C within 90 days after surgery"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 10. Completion pancreatectomy within 90 days after surgery","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Occurrence of completion pancreatectomy within 90 days after surgery"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 11. Surgical site infection within 90 days after surgery","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Surgical site infection within 90 days after surgery"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 12. Pneumonia within 90 days after first dose","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Pneumonia within 90 days after first dose"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 13. Cholangitis within 90 days after first dose","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Cholangitis within 90 days after first dose"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- (Serious) adverse events ((S)AE)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"(Serious) adverse events as reported"}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- 5. Grade B or worse postpancreatectomy acute pancreatitis within 90 days after surgery (PPAP B/C)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"PPAP B/C within 90 days after surgery"}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
614
Recruitment Window Months
56
Consent Approach
Written informed consent obtained according to international guidelines and local laws. Subject information and informed consent form documents are listed (L1_SIS and ICF Hauptstudie). Minors/assent not applicable because inclusion requires age ≥ 18 years; patients without legal capacity are excluded.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
14
Total Number Of Participants
614

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
20-02-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
10-07-2025
Processing Time Days
140
Number Of Sites
14
Number Of Participants
614

Sites

Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
Chirurgische Klinik
Principal Investigator Name
Johann Pratschke
Principal Investigator Email
johann.pratschke@charite.de
Contact Person Name
Johann Pratschke
Contact Person Email
johann.pratschke@charite.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AöR
Department Name
Klinik und Lehrstuhl für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Transplantationschirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Georg Wiltberger
Principal Investigator Email
gwiltberger@ukaachen.de
Contact Person Name
Georg Wiltberger
Contact Person Email
gwiltberger@ukaachen.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Chirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Ulrich Wellner
Principal Investigator Email
Ulrich.Wellner@uksh.de
Contact Person Name
Ulrich Wellner
Contact Person Email
Ulrich.Wellner@uksh.de
Site Name
Klinikum der Technischen Universitaet Muenchen (TUM Klinikum)
Department Name
Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Daniel Reim
Principal Investigator Email
daniel.reim@tum.de
Contact Person Name
Daniel Reim
Contact Person Email
daniel.reim@tum.de
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemein- Viszeral und Transplantationschirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Frank Pianka
Principal Investigator Email
Frank.Pianka@med.uni-heidelberg.de
Contact Person Name
Frank Pianka
Site Name
Medical Center - University Of Freiburg
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Dietrich Ruess
Principal Investigator Email
dietrich.ruess@uniklinik-freiburg.de
Contact Person Name
Dietrich Ruess
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Regensburg AöR
Department Name
Klinik und Poliklinik für Chirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Stefan Brunner
Principal Investigator Email
stefan.brunner@ukr.de
Contact Person Name
Stefan Brunner
Contact Person Email
stefan.brunner@ukr.de
Site Name
St. Josef-Hospital
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Orlin Belyaev
Principal Investigator Email
orlin.belyaev@kklbo.de
Contact Person Name
Orlin Belyaev
Contact Person Email
orlin.belyaev@kklbo.de
Site Name
Klinikum der Universitaet Muenchen AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemeine, Viszeral-, Transplantations-, Gefäß- und Thoraxchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Jens Werner
Principal Investigator Email
Jens.Werner@med.uni-muenchen.de
Contact Person Name
Jens Werner
Site Name
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Thoraxchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Faik Uzunoglu
Principal Investigator Email
f.uzunoglu@uke.de
Contact Person Name
Faik Uzunoglu
Contact Person Email
f.uzunoglu@uke.de
Site Name
Universitaetsmedizin Goettingen
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral- und Kinderchirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Florian Boesch
Principal Investigator Email
florian.boesch@med.uni-goettingen.de
Contact Person Name
Florian Boesch
Site Name
Justus-Liebig-Universitaet Giessen
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Thorax-, und Transplantationschirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Martin Reichert
Principal Investigator Email
Martin.Reichert@chiru.med.uni-giessen.de
Contact Person Name
Martin Reichert
Site Name
Heidelberg University
Department Name
Chirurgische Klinik
Principal Investigator Name
Christoph Reissfelder
Principal Investigator Email
Christoph.Reissfelder@umm.de
Contact Person Name
Christoph Reissfelder
Contact Person Email
Christoph.Reissfelder@umm.de
Site Name
University Hospital Cologne AöR
Department Name
Klinik für Allgemein-, Viszeral-, Tumor- und Transplantationschirurgie
Principal Investigator Name
Christiane Bruns
Principal Investigator Email
christiane.bruns@uk-koeln.de
Contact Person Name
Christiane Bruns
Contact Person Email
christiane.bruns@uk-koeln.de

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein AöR
Organisation Type
Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
Country Of Registered Address
Germany

Third parties

  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Medical Center - University Of Freiburg","duties_or_roles":"Central pharmacy, manufacturing and distribution of IMP","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Medical Center - University Of Freiburg","duties_or_roles":"codes: 1,11,12,5,6,7,8","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"Medical Center - University Of Freiburg","duties_or_roles":"Central phatology","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
HYDROCORTISON Pfizer 100 mg sine Pulver und Lösungsmittel zur Herstellung einer Injektions- oder Infusionslösung
Active Substance
HYDROCORTISONE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Marketing authorisation info present (marketingAuthNumber: 6177448.00.00; authorisationCountryCode: DE)
Starting Dose
100 mg
Maximum Dose
Max daily dose 300 mg; max total dose 900 mg
Investigational Product Name
SODIUM CHLORIDE
Active Substance
SODIUM CHLORIDE
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
INFUSION
Route
INFUSION
Authorisation Status
Product record present (euMpNumber: SUB12581MIG; marketingAuthNumber: - )
Maximum Dose
Max daily volume 300 ml; max total volume 900 ml

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