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Metabolic Changes in Hypothyroid Patients

NCT00524238 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 22

Last updated 2008-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Hypothyroidism is a frequent condition in danish women, but often overlooked. Along with fatigue one of the main symptoms is weight gain as a result to significantly decreased energy expenditure.

This study was undertaken to elucidate changes in glucose, lipid and amino acid turnover in these patients.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

L-thyroxine

The hypothyroid patients receive usual treatment with L-thyroxine in our out patient clinic. The doctors there subscribe the medication, this study has no protocol regarding this, we observe the patients again after having been biochemically euthyroid for at least two months.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Aarhus

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Signe Gjedde, MD · Aarhus University, Clinical Institute

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-03-31
Primary Completion
2006-08-31
Completion
2006-08-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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