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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR959
Date of registration: 17/04/2007
Primary sponsor: Medisch Centrum Rijnmond-Zuid
Public title: Evening versus Morning Administration of Levothyroxine: a randomised controlled double-blind trial
Scientific title: Evening versus Morning Administration of Levothyroxine: a randomised controlled double-blind trial -
Date of first enrolment: 1/5/2007
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: pending
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=959
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: Yes; Masking: Double; Control: Not applicable; Group: Crossover; Type: -  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: N.  Bolk
Address:  Erasmus Medisch Centrum, Afdeling Endocrinologie Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 10-4639222
Email: nienkebolk@hotmail.com
Affiliation: 
Name: A.  Berghout
Address:  Medisch Centrum Rijnmond Zuid, Afdeling Interne Geneeskunde Rotterdam The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 10-2911911
Email: berghouta@mcrz.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients with primary hypothyroidism;
2. Above the age of 18 years old;
3. On a stable regimen of levothyroxine for at least 6 months.

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pregnancy;
2. Disease of the stomach;
3. Jejunum or ileum;
4. Use of medication known to interfere with the uptake of levothyroxine


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Quality of life, Atopic eczema, Levothyroxine

Intervention(s)
During the study, patients will have to take 2 tablets a day (one in the morning and one at bedtime), instead of 1 tablet. One of the tablets is levothyroxine, the other placebo. After 3 months the tablets will be switched. During these 24 weeks the patients will return to the outpatient department five times for a check-up, and bloodsamples will be taken
Primary Outcome(s)
Significant change in TSH and thyroid hormones FT4/T3
Secondary Outcome(s)
1 Change in:
a. blood pressure;
b. pulse;
c. weight;
d. other lab results (creatinine, lipids);
2. Change in quality of life;
3. Symptoms of hypo-or hyperthyroidism.
Secondary ID(s)
2006/45
ISRCTN17436693
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Van Puyvelde Fonds (private fund)
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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