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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00403390
Date of registration: 21/11/2006
Primary sponsor: Children's Hospital Boston
Public title: Generic vs. Name-Brand Levothyroxine
Scientific title: Generic vs. Name-Brand Levothyroxine: Assessment of Bioequivalence Using TSH as a Marker in Children With Permanent Hypothyroidism
Date of first enrolment: November 2006
Target sample size: 34
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00403390
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Bio-equivalence Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Rosalind S Brown, MD
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Affiliation:  Children's Hospital Boston
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age between 3 and 18 years

- Diagnosis of Congenital Hypothyroidism with initial TSH > 100

- Ability to understand directions and follow all instructions

Exclusion Criteria:

- Not on any drug interfering with absorption of levothyroxine



Age minimum: 3 Years
Age maximum: 18 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Congenital Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism
Intervention(s)
Drug: Levothyroxine versus Levothyroxine
Primary Outcome(s)
Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Measure [Time Frame: 3 points over 16 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
05-11-146
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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