Clinical trial · Interventional
Cabergoline in Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenomas
Dopamine Agonist Cabergoline in Residual Clinically Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma After Transphenoidal Surgery: A Single Center, Open Label and Randomized Clinical Trial
NCT03271918CI-TRIAL-00029442completedPhase 3ClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
Clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma remains the only pituitary tumor subtype for which no effective medical therapy is available or recommended. We will evaluate the use of cabergoline in a clinical trial, in order to define the efficacy of this treatment in nonfunctioning pituitary adenoma.
Conditions
Conditions (2)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma | Pituitary Gland Neoplasm | PROBABILISTIC | 0.70 |
| Pituitary Adenoma | Pituitary Neuroendocrine Tumor | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cabergoline | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Study Group
- description
- This group received cabergoline, in a total week dose of 3.5 mg, starting 6 months after transphenoidal surgical approach with evidence of tumoral rest in MRI and pituitary adenoma hystopathological confirmation.
- interventionNames
- Drug: Cabergoline
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control Group
- description
- This group was followed, with clinical visits in same frequency of study group, but without intervention.
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- tumor shrinkage
- timeFrame
- 24 months
- description
- shrinkage of tumor rest
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
- Maximum age
- 75 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * presence of pituitary tumor rest at 6 months after neurosurgery * absence of previous hormonal pituitary hypersecretion * absence of previous radiotherapy and/or radiosurgery * Histopathological exam showing pituitary adenoma Exclusion Criteria: * ACTH immunoexpression at histopathological exam * presence of previous radiotherapy and/or radio surgery * psychotic psychiatric disease * moderate or severe alterations in cardiac valves
References
Publications (4)
- RESULTVieira Neto L, Wildemberg LE, Moraes AB, Colli LM, Kasuki L, Marques NV, Gasparetto EL, de Castro M, Takiya CM, Gadelha MR. Dopamine receptor subtype 2 expression profile in nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas and in vivo response to cabergoline therapy. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2015 May;82(5):739-46. doi: 10.1111/cen.12684. Epub 2015 Jan 8. PMID 25418156
- RESULTGreenman Y, Cooper O, Yaish I, Robenshtok E, Sagiv N, Jonas-Kimchi T, Yuan X, Gertych A, Shimon I, Ram Z, Melmed S, Stern N. Treatment of clinically nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas with dopamine agonists. Eur J Endocrinol. 2016 Jul;175(1):63-72. doi: 10.1530/EJE-16-0206. Epub 2016 May 5. PMID 27150495
- DERIVEDDong W, Shi W, Liu Y, Li J, Zhang Y, Dong G, Dong X, Gao H. CHST7 Methylation Status Related to the Proliferation and Differentiation of Pituitary Adenomas. Cells. 2022 Aug 4;11(15):2400. doi: 10.3390/cells11152400. PMID 35954244
- DERIVEDBatista RL, Musolino NRC, Cescato VAS, da Silva GO, Medeiros RSS, Herkenhoff CGB, Trarbach EB, Cunha-Neto MB. Cabergoline in the Management of Residual Nonfunctioning Pituitary Adenoma: A Single-Center, Open-Label, 2-Year Randomized Clinical Trial. Am J Clin Oncol. 2019 Feb;42(2):221-227. doi: 10.1097/COC.0000000000000505. PMID 30540568