Homeopathic treatment of thyroid disorders in children and adults
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: E039- Hypothyroidism, unspecified
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2023/04/051311
- Lead Sponsor
- D N De Homoeopathic Medical College Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Open to Recruitment
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1) Patients suffering from hypothyroidism [ICD â??E03.9], newly diagnosed cases with serum TSH more than 10 µIU/ml), confirmed by biochemical tests
2) Age between 10 and 65 years
3) Patients of either sex or transgender
4) Providing with written informed consent and/or assent
5) Illiterate people will be interviewed by the investigators maintaining adequate privacy to fill up the scales or questionnaire.
1. Patients suffering from congenital hypothyroidism, subclinical hypothyroidism .
2. Vulnerable population - Unconscious, non-ambulatory, too sick for consultation, disabled, terminally ill or critically ill patients, mentally incompetent people
3. Diagnosed cases of unstable mental or psychiatric illness or other uncontrolled or life-threatening illness affecting quality of life or any organ failure.
4.Pregnant and puerperal women, lactating mothers
5. Patients with the habit of tobacco chewing and/or smoking, alcoholism and/or any other form(s) of substance abuse and/or dependence.
6.Self-reported immune-compromised state
7.Already undergoing homeopathic treatment for chronic disease within last 6 months.
8. Simultaneous participation in any other clinical trial
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Zulewski clinical scoreTimepoint: Baseline, every month, up to 3 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Serum TSH, T3, and T4Timepoint: Baseline and after 3 months;Thyroid specific patient reported outcomesTimepoint: Baseline, every month, up to 3 months