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Last refreshed on: 5 June 2023
Main ID:  NCT03064542
Date of registration: 09/02/2017
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Clinical Nutrition Research Centre, Singapore
Public title: The Role of Thyroid Status in Regulating Brown Adipose Tissue Activity, White Adipose Tissue Partitioning and Resting Energy Expenditure TRIBUTE
Scientific title: The Role of Thyroid Status in Regulating Brown Adipose Tissue Activity, White Adipose Tissue Partitioning and Resting Energy Expenditure
Date of first enrolment: October 13, 2015
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03064542
Study type:  Observational [Patient Registry]
Study design:   
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Singapore
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- You must be aged 21 to 50 years old (no gender restrictions).

- You must be diagnosed with Graves' disease.

- You are able to give informed consent..

- You must have body mass index (BMI) between 18.5 to 29.9 kg/m2 inclusive.

- You must be treated with carbimazole (CMZ) or thiamazole (TMZ) and compliant to
treatment.

- Willing to avail yourself for the whole study and follow study procedures.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Chronic illnesses such as diabetes mellitus or cancer.

- You have a known history of liver or kidney disease.

- Female subjects who are pregnant or contemplating pregnancy.

- Those allergic to carbimazole (CMZ) or thiamazole (TMZ).

- History of surgery with metallic clips, staples or stents.

- Those on drugs that might affect body composition (eg. steroids) or BAT (eg.
beta-blockers).

- Those with poor compliance to medication.

- Presence of cardiac pacemaker or other foreign body in any part of the body.

- History of claustrophobia particularly in a MRI scanner.

- Those with a history of bronchial asthma.

- Those with overt congestive heart failure.



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: 50 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Hyperthyroidism
Intervention(s)
Drug: carbimazole (CMZ) or thiamazole (TMZ)
Primary Outcome(s)
Thyroid function test (serum free thyroxine (FT4) and serum thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH). [Time Frame: 6 months of treatment with an anti-thyroid drug]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Fat volume- White adipose tissue (WAT) [Time Frame: 6 months of treatment with an anti-thyroid drug]
Energy expenditure [Time Frame: 6 months of treatment with an anti-thyroid drug]
Fat volume- Brown adipose tissue (BAT) [Time Frame: 6 months of treatment with an anti-thyroid drug]
Body composition [Time Frame: 6 months of treatment with an anti-thyroid drug]
Infrared thermography (IRT) [Time Frame: 6 months of treatment with an anti-thyroid drug]
Secondary ID(s)
2015/00718
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Agency for Science, Technology and Research
Ethics review
Results
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