Surgical Treatment of Hashimotos Disease. Effect on Antibodies and Clinical Symptoms.
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 150
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Better outcome in Quality of Life by operation
研究概览
简要总结
The investigators have already proven that absolute total thyroidectomy gives elimination of anti-TPO antibodies. Our hypothesis is that this elimination also eliminates the typical Hashimoto symptoms, namely: Serious tiredness, increased need of sleep, pain in musculature and joints and dryness in eyes and mouth. The prerequisite for this effect is that the total thyroidectomy is meticulously performed. There exists no other treatment that can eliminate the antibodies. The study is randomized between operation and ordinary conservative medical treatment with thyroxine control and supplementation. The symptoms in both groups are evaluated by 5 different Quality of Life schemes, internationally approved.
详细描述
The study hypothesis is that elimination of anti-TPO antibodies ameliorates the typical Hashimoto symptoms like tiredness,increased need of sleep, pain in musculature and joints and dryness in eyes and mouth. It is necessary that the total thyroidectomy is meticulously performed. We have proven the effect on the antibodies, and we have also proven that the operation procedure can be performed without more complications like recurrent nerve damage and hypocalcemia. Neutrality is secured by randomization done by a neutral institution, laryngoscopy by neutral doctors and instructions filling out the QoL-schemes performed by non-biased study nurses.
The study runs for at least 18 months with controls every 6 months. Blood samples are taken and international approved QoL-schemes are filled in. In addition to the randomised main group a side group of patients fulfilling 2 of the 3 inclusion criteria are followed in parallel in order to elucidate the spontaneous development of the disease and showing critical values of antibodies making the symptoms turn up.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •Patients referred due to typical symptoms, believed to be related to Hashimoto´s disease, but not relieved by thyroxin substitution. Optimal thyroid substitution treatment is already provided.
- •Anti-TPO>1000
- •Hypothyroidism with a need for thyroxin supplementation
- •Written informed consent by the patient - information particularly emphasising and quantifying the risk of complications (e.g. recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy). The patient should be informed by a medical endocrinologist as well as a surgeon.
排除标准
- •Patients <18 years of age.
- •Unable to comprehend information adequately to give informed consent.
- •General anaesthesiological contraindications.
- •An unexpected finding of cancer in the surgical group is not a reason for exclusion per se, but this group should be analyzed separately. It is expected that any different loading in Quality of life would bias the medically treated group.
研究组 & 干预措施
Non-surgical treatment only
Control arm. This arm receives standard medical hormone treatment (Thyroxine substitution) only and no surgical intervention.
Total thyroidectomy performed
Surgical arm.The approach for total thyroidectomy will be a complete removal of all visible, and immunological active thyroid tissue with a high accuracy, with a special focus on three sites; 1) The angle where the recurrent laryngeal nerve enters the cricothyroid membrane, 2) The pyramidal lobe and 3) The hilus where the superior vessels are entering the field. Standard Thyroxine supplementation maintained as in the control group.
干预措施: Total thyroidectomy performed (Procedure)
结局指标
主要结局
Better outcome in Quality of Life by operation
时间窗: 18 months
The patiens are followed for 18 months with blood samples and filling in Quality of Life schemes every 6 months
次要结局
- Lowering of antibodies (Blood samples)(18 months)
研究者
Ivar Guldvog
Consultant
Sykehuset Telemark