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Perioperative Parathormone Measurement and Sodium Bicarbonate Infusion Test After Total Thyroidectomy

Completed
Conditions
Hypoparathyroidism
Registration Number
NCT00793689
Lead Sponsor
Aristotle University Of Thessaloniki
Brief Summary

In the study will be included patients that have undergone total thyroidectomy and do not display obvious clinical or laboratory hypoparathyroidism. On the third postoperative day and before the patient's exit from the hospital, the patient will undergo an intravenous infusion test with 35ml/m2 dilution of 8.4%(w/v) sodium bicarbonate in two minutes. Three months after the operation, if the study conditions are still met, the patient will undergo an additional parathyroid hormone (PTH) measurement and sodium bicarbonate infusion test and the parathyroid function will be evaluated again.

Detailed Description

Each patient will undergo a thorough preoperative examination for the presence of abnormalities in calcium, phosphate or magnesium metabolism as a consequence of a primary or a secondary disease.

Blood samples will be taken right before the beginning of the thyroidectomy, and 20 minutes after the end, to measure the PTH levels and to evaluate the variation rate.

On the third postoperative day and before the patient's exit from the hospital, the patient will undergo an intravenous infusion test with 35ml/m2 dilution of 8.4%(w/v) sodium bicarbonate in two minutes. Blood samples will be collected from a different vein at 0, 3, 5, 10, 30 and 60 minutes after infusion to measure PTH, calcium, phosphate and magnesium.

Three months after the operation, if the study conditions are still met, the patient will undergo an additional PTH measurement and sodium bicarbonate infusion test and the parathyroid function will be evaluated again.

In addition, the test will be performed on 50 healthy volunteers, in order to assess the response to the test of normal individuals.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
127
Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Compare the prognostic value in the evaluation of parathyroid function of perioperative PTH measurement and sodium bicarbonate infusion test after total thyroidectomy3 months
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

AHEPA University Hospital

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Thessaloniki, Greece

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