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Prospective evaluation of genetic linkage between papillary thyroid cancer and thyroiditis

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: E063- Autoimmune thyroiditisHealth Condition 2: C73- Malignant neoplasm of thyroid gland
Registration Number
CTRI/2020/09/027607
Lead Sponsor
Indian Council of Medical Research
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
103
Inclusion Criteria

Consecutive patients undergoing thyroidectomy for benign or malignant thyroid diseases with any of the following histopathology

1. papillary thyroid carcinoma

2. thyroiditis and

3. both papillary thyroid carcinoma and thyroiditis

Exclusion Criteria

Patients with the following histopathology, namely

Medullary thyroid carcinoma, Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma, Follicular thyroid carcinoma and benign thyroid histology other than thyroiditis

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Expression of BRAF mutation in papillary thyroid carcinoma <br/ ><br>and expression of RET/PTC rearrangement in Papillary thyroid carcinoma and coexistent thyroiditisTimepoint: Immediately after surgery- candidate genes on live thyroidectomy specimen <br/ ><br>1 week post-surgery on formalin fixed paraffin embeded tissues <br/ ><br>1 week post-surgery for IHC (immuno-histochemistry markers)
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Expression of p63 and CK19 in immunohistochemistry of the surgical thyroid specimenTimepoint: 1 week post-surgery
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