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A Multicenter randomized controlled study for assessing the usefulness of suppressing Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Target Levels after thyroid lobectomy in low to intermediate risk thyroid cancer patients.

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Neoplasms
Registration Number
KCT0004989
Lead Sponsor
Seoul National University Hospital
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
2986
Inclusion Criteria

• Patients with histological confirmation of papillary thyroid cancer*
* Papillary thyroid cancer (TNM(tumor, node, and metastasis) stage is evaluated according to the 8th edition of AJCC(American Joint Committee on Cancer)/UICC(The Union for International Cancer Control) TNM(tumor, node, and metastasis) staging system (2017))
-Maximum tumor diameter = 4 cm
-Extrathyroidal extension: No invasion of adjacent organs(nerves, vascular, trachea, etc)
-Node stage: Clinical N0, N1a
• Patients who will receive thyroid lobectomy, or who received thyroid lobectomy within previous 3 weeks
• Non-pregnant women of childbearing potential (confirmed by medical history taking)
• Ages 19 to 80 (less than 80)
• If there are nodules in the opposite lobe: Thyroid nodules are evaluated by ultrasound (based on K-TIRADS(Korean Thyroid Imaging Reporting and Data System)). Bethesda classification criteria 1-3 if the fine needle aspiration test is indicated

Exclusion Criteria

• The following patients in the postoperative findings
-pT4, pN1b or M1
- PTC with Aggressive histological features
: diffuse sclerosing variant
-Other types of thyroid cancer (follicular, poorly differentiated, anaplastic, or medullary thyroid cancer)
• Completion thyroidectomy is required
• Residual disease present(R1/ R2 resection)
• No proper evaluation of nodules located in the contralateral lobe,
or Bethesda classification criteria 4-6 in the result of fine needle aspiration test
• Hyperthyroidism

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Relapse-free survival
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Disease free survival;Disease specific survival;Target-TSH-level achievement rate;The incidence of cardiovascular and metabolic complications (cardiovascular disease, Arrhythmia, hypercholesterolemia, fatty liver, etc.);The incidence of musculoskeletal complications (fracture, bone density reduction, sarcopenia);The incidence of psychiatric complications (lower quality of life, affective disorder, etc.);Cost analysis (related medical expenses, loss of productivity);predictors of recurrence;predictors of cardiovascular complications;predictors of musculoskeletal complications;predictors of psychiatric complications;predictors of TSH levels and proper thyroid hormone dosage;Genetic susceptibility (Consider secondary analysis);Test interval for efficient diagnosis of recurrence
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