Baseline period | Treatment period | p* | |
---|---|---|---|
Plasma hormone concentrations (means of monthly tests) | |||
Prolactin (ng/ml) | 10.2 [0.8]* | 8.7 [0.7]* | 0.027 |
Cortisol (ng/ml) | 114.4 [23.2] | 122.4 [22.8] | n.s. |
ACTH (pg/ml) | 17.4 [2.3] | 19.9 [4.3] | n.s. |
DEX-CRH test | |||
CORT max (ng/ml) | 39.7 [8] | 41.1 [14] | n.s. |
CORT AUC | 147.5 [30] | 152.8 [55] | n.s. |
ACTH max (pg/ml) | 20.4 [5] | 22.5 [11] | n.s. |
ACTH AUC | 49.4 [7] | 46.6 [11] | n.s. |
ACTH test | |||
ACTH base (pg/ml) | 24.40 [12.21] | 28.69 [7.23] | n.s. |
CORT base (ng/ml) | 175.1 [22.6] | 169.9 [22.4] | n.s. |
CORT 60 min (ng/ml) | 330.7 [59] | 275.8 [26.5] | n.s. |
Delta Cort (ng/ml) | 149.70 [35.67] | 163.00 [32.40] | n.s. |