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Clinical Trials/ISRCTN00049084
ISRCTN00049084
Completed
Not Applicable

A double blind randomised cross-over trial to assess the value of screening an adult population for hypothyroidism

Queen Mary University of London (UK)0 sites60 target enrollmentFebruary 10, 2009

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Primary hypothyroidism
Sponsor
Queen Mary University of London (UK)
Enrollment
60
Status
Completed
Last Updated
11 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 10, 2009
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
11 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
Queen Mary University of London (UK)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Women aged from 35 \- 79 years, men aged from 65 \- 79 years
  • 2\. Attended general screening at BUPA Wellness Centres between 1 January 2006 and 15 September 2007
  • 3\. Detected with thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) greater than 4\.0 mU/

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. People under current clinical surveillance for thyroid disease, or taking thyroxine, or having known pituitary or adrenal disease
  • 2\. People known to have coronary artery disease
  • 3\. People with any illness that in the doctor's opinion warranted exclusion from the trial
  • 4\. Diabetics taking insulin or oral hypoglycaemics, or people taking anticoagulants (warfarin or phenindinone)
  • 5\. People taking certain drugs that affect the serum concentration of TSH or free thyroxine

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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