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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT01408368
Date of registration: 02/08/2011
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Jagiellonian University
Public title: Subtotal Versus Total Thyroidectomy for Graves' Disease
Scientific title: Five-year Follow up of a Randomized Clinical Trial of Bilateral Subtotal Thyroidectomy Versus Total Thyroidectomy for Graves' Disease.
Date of first enrolment: January 2000
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01408368
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Poland
Contacts
Name:     Marcin Barczynski, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Jagiellonian University, Medical College
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- planned thyroid surgery for clinically, biochemically and immunologically diagnosed
Graves' disease in patients with mild active ophthalmopathy and the posterior aspects
of both thyroid lobes appearing normal on ultrasound of the neck.

Exclusion Criteria:

- previous thyroid or parathyroid surgery,

- recurrent hyperthyroidism after radioiodine ablation,

- history of Graves' disease longer than 24 months,

- thyroid nodules within the posterior aspect/s of thyroid lobe/s,

- suspicion of thyroid cancer,

- inactive Graves' ophthalmopathy,

- moderate to severe active Graves' ophthalmopathy,

- preoperative recurrent laryngeal nerve palsy,

- pregnancy or lactation,

- age < 18 years, or > 65 years,

- ASA 4 grade (American Society of Anaesthesiology),

- inability to comply with the follow-up protocol.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Thyroid
Goiter
Intervention(s)
Procedure: Bilateral subtotal thyroidectomy
Procedure: Total thyroidectomy
Primary Outcome(s)
Long-term control of Graves' disease [Time Frame: up to 60 months postoperatively]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Morbidity rate [Time Frame: up to 12 months postoperatively]
Secondary ID(s)
BBN/501/ZKL/67/L
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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