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Changes in Quality of Life Following Surgical Treatment of Benign Non-toxic Goiter

Completed
Conditions
Goiter
Registration Number
NCT02651818
Lead Sponsor
University of Southern Denmark
Brief Summary

The aim is to investigate the influence of surgical treatment on benign non-toxic goiter on the disease specific quality of life evaluated 6 months after thyroid surgery.

All investigations follow already scheduled treatments.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
104
Inclusion Criteria
  • Patients undergoing hemi- or total thyroidectomy for benign non-toxic goiter with pressure symptoms
  • The patients must be able to understand, read and write Danish
Exclusion Criteria
  • Previous surgery to the neck
  • Diabetes or any neuromuscular disorders
  • Present or previous head and neck malignancy, including malignancy found in the surgical thyroid specimen or suspicion hereof

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change in quality of life following thyroidectomy6 months

Change in goiter symptom score at the Thyroid specific Patient Reported Outcome measure (ThyPRO) following thyroidectomy

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Odense University Hospital

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Odense, Denmark

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