Salivary Cortisol Measurements by Mass Spectrometry

Completed

Conditions studied: Endocrine Disorders

In brief

Cortisol is a hormone critical for survival in times of stress. Currently most measurements are done with blood samples. The hypothesis of this study is cortisol measured from saliva using mass spectrometry can be used to replace measurements by blood.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02162706

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

50

Starts

2013-06-01

Expected to finish

2016-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-13

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Normal subjects
• Subjects with possible endocrine disorder

You may not qualify if…

• Tracheostomy or ventilator dependent
• Gastrotomy tubed dependent or unable to eat/drink by mouth

Where it is running

• Lucile Packard Children's Hospital and Stanford Clinics — Stanford, California, United States

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