Endocrine Abstracts

BackgroundCongenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21-OHD) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by insufficient cortisol production resulting in excess adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and adrenal androgen production. Standard-of-care therapy with glucocorticoids (GC) is suboptimal due to the difficulty of balancing control of the ACTH-driven androgen excess against the serious long-term side effects associated...

Introduction: Classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by deficiency of cortisol and oftentimes aldosterone, with elevated adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) and steroid precursors that are shunted toward excess androgen production. A phase 2 study of adults with classic 21OHD demonstrated that crinecerfont–an oral, non-steroidal, selective corticotropin-releasing factor type...