Safety and Potency of a High Cabergoline Dosage in Microprolactinomas

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 3
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexFemale
Age18+
SponsorUniversity of Sao Paulo General Hospital

About this trial

This will be a multicenter, prospective, randomized, open-label trial with women harboring microprolactinomas and treatment naïve. The sample will be added consecutively and randomized into 2 unblinded groups: the high dosage group will receive a high cabergoline (CAB) dose for a period of \~6 months vs the standard dosage group, which will use the lowest needed dose of CAB to achieve normoprolactinemia for 2 years. The primary outcome will be remission rate.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

1. Willing and able to provide written informed consent prior to any study-related procedures

2. Adults >18 years old

3. Pre-menopausal women

4. Presence of signs and symptoms matching prolactinoma

Disqualifiers

1. History of primary hyperparathyroidism

2. Use of combined hormonal contraceptive within the past 4 weeks

3. Pregnancy or current pregnancy desire

4. Prolactinoma associated with a known genetic syndrome

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Cabergoline
  • Cabergoline

Treatment groups

70 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups