Nature Communications (Feb 2023)

11β-HSD1 inhibition in men mitigates prednisolone-induced adverse effects in a proof-of-concept randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

  • Nantia Othonos,
  • Riccardo Pofi,
  • Anastasia Arvaniti,
  • Sarah White,
  • Ilaria Bonaventura,
  • Nikolaos Nikolaou,
  • Ahmad Moolla,
  • Thomas Marjot,
  • Roland H. Stimson,
  • André P. van Beek,
  • Martijn van Faassen,
  • Andrea M. Isidori,
  • Elizabeth Bateman,
  • Ross Sadler,
  • Fredrik Karpe,
  • Paul M. Stewart,
  • Craig Webster,
  • Joanne Duffy,
  • Richard Eastell,
  • Fatma Gossiel,
  • Thomas Cornfield,
  • Leanne Hodson,
  • K. Jane Escott,
  • Andrew Whittaker,
  • Ufuk Kirik,
  • Ruth L. Coleman,
  • Charles A. B. Scott,
  • Joanne E. Milton,
  • Olorunsola Agbaje,
  • Rury R. Holman,
  • Jeremy W. Tomlinson

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36541-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Glucocorticoids prescribed to limit inflammation, have significant adverse effects. Here the authors show that co-administration of AZD4017 with prednisolone in men is a potential strategy to limit adverse glucocorticoid effects.