New hope for Cushing's patients with high blood pressure

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Male or female ≥ 18 years of age 2. Able to provide and have provided signed written informed consent prior to study participation 3. Diagnosis of endogenous Cushing's Syndrome 4. mUFC values from two 24h urinary collections \> ULN and ≤ 2x ULN 5. Participants with uncontrolled hypertension on stable doses of BP lowering medications (for at least 4 weeks); qualifying BP measurements by ABPM taken prior to randomisation defined as: Average of 24h ABPM SBP ≥ 135 or DBP ≥ 85 mmHg 6. Participants under glucocorticoid replacement therapy can be recruited only if this therapy has been already stopped for at least seven days or 5 half-lives prior to screening, whichever was longer 7. Not taking any drug therapy for CS. The following minimum periods without these medications need to be completed before baseline assessments: 1. Steroidogenesis inhibitors (e.g. ketoconazole, metyrapone): 1 week 2. Mifepristone: 3 weeks 3. SC Pasireotide: 1 week 4. Pasireotide LAR: 3 months 5. Cabergoline: 4 weeks 8. Able to take oral medication and be willing to comply with the requirements of the study Exclusion Criteria: 1. Previously treated with osilodrostat less than 12 weeks prior to start of screening 2. Known hypersensitivity to osilodrostat 3. Presence of any severe and/or uncontrolled medical condition or other conditions that could affect participation in the study 4. Participants who are scheduled for a surgery to treat CS within 32 weeks of randomisation to the study drug 5. Presence of a known "long term" history of both hypertension and diabetes (defined as both hypertension and diabetes diagnosed \>10 years prior to the initial diagnosis of endogenous CS) 6. History of cyclic Cushing's Syndrome with fluctuating clinical manifestations 7. Participants with pseudo-CS 8. Participants with compression of the optic chiasm due to a macroadenoma or participants at high risk of compression of the optic chiasm (tumour within 2 mm of optic chiasm) 9. Pituitary radiation therapy within 3 years of screening 10. Ectopic ACTH syndrome or adrenocortical carcinoma with a life expectancy of \<3 years or receiving chemotherapy 11. Having received prior mitotane treatment 12. Participants who are shift workers or have conditions that can affect the measurement of late night salivary cortisol (LNSC) or the LDDST 13. Poorly controlled diabetes mellitus with a baseline HbA1c \> 10.5% 14. Poorly controlled BP defined as: Average SBP ≥ 170 or average DBP ≥ 110 mmHg as measured by the 24h ABPM 15. Participants who are hypothyroid and not on adequate replacement therapy 16. History of major surgery/surgical therapy for any cause within 1 month before entering the study. 17. Presence of bradycardia and/or QT-related exclusion criteria 18. Total bilirubin \> 1.5 x ULN and ALT or AST \> 3 x ULN 19. Participation in any clinical investigation within 4 weeks prior to screening or longer if required by local regulation (Use of an investigational drug within 1 month prior to dosing) 20. Occurrence of any significant acute illness within the three weeks prior to dosing/randomisation 21. Female participants who are pregnant, intending to become pregnant or breastfeed during the study or lactating, where pregnancy is defined as the state of a female after conception and until the termination of gestation, confirmed by a positive hCG laboratory test 22. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) who are unwilling to use highly effective contraception methods 23. Potentially unreliable or vulnerable participants (e.g. person kept in detention) and those judged by the Investigator to be unsuitable for the study