In healthy adult females, steroid levels after subcutaneous tetracosactide stimulation were comparable to those after intramuscular tetracosactide.
In plain wordsIn healthy adult women, steroid levels after subcutaneous tetracosactide were comparable to those after intramuscular tetracosactide.
- Peptide
- Cosyntropin
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedStimulated steroid levels by route
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Comparator
- Intramuscular tetracosactide 250 µg
- Outcome group
- Diagnostic testing · Endocrine and hormones
Source sentences
Baseline steroid levels, stimulated steroid levels, and the percentage increase in all the steroids after subcutaneous tetracosactide and acton prolongatum stimulation were comparable to those after intramuscular tetracosactide and acton prolongatum stimulation, respectively.
2 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The study included 60 apparently-healthy adult females aged 18-40 years who were randomised to intramuscular tetracosactide (250 µg), intramuscular acton prolongatum (24 IU), subcutaneous tetracosactide (250 µg), and subcutaneous acton prolongatum (24 IU) groups in (1:1:1:1) ratio.
Serum steroid profile consisting of 13 steroids was measured at baseline and 60 minutes after ACTH stimulation by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry.
In this study, Cosyntropin was a lab tool or a carrier, part of a mix, or the subject of a lab method. This result is not evidence about taking Cosyntropin.