Hydrocortisone Treatment for Symmetric Lipomatosis Associated With Neuropathy (SLN): an N-of-1 Study Hydrocortisone Treatment for Symmetric Lipomatosis Associated With Neuropathy (SLN): an N-of-1 Study

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2022-09-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: Female

Summary

A young women with Symmetric Lipomatosis associated with Neuropathy (SLN) was seen at the department of Internal Medicine - Endocrinology and at the department of Neurology at the Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The patient presented with balance problems due to neuropathy and prominent cervical and genital lipomas. In the past, the patient had been treated with steroids for a short period. The patient noticed that, as a 'side effect', during this treatment period the lipomas shrank and that the balance problems nearly disappeared. The complaints reappeared after withdrawal of the steroids. In the current study, the usefulness of steroid treatment in this single patient will be investigated in an N-of-1 trial.

Primary objective: to determine the efficacy of hydrocortisone treatment for neuropathy on an individual level in a patient with SLN as assessed with the Rasch-built Overall Disability Scale (RODS).

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Erasmus Medical Center
• Treatments: Hydrocortisone

Criteria

The study is especially designed for a specific female patient. The patient is 31 years old at the moment. Since the study is especially designed for this patient, there are no formal inclusion and exclusion criteria. However, the study will be stopped when the patient gets pregnant as this can influence the primary and secondary outcome measures.

Inclusion Criteria:

• N/A

Exclusion Criteria:

• Pregnancy