The Effect of Radioactive Iodine Administration for Thyroid Diseases on H.Pylori Eradication

NCT00822289 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2009-01-14

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Summary

Because of the high iodine uptake in the stomach, radioactive iodine treatment for thyroid diseases (cancer or hyperthyroidism) or radioactive iodine administered for thyroid scan may be able to eradicate H.pylori infection from the stomach of patients infected with H.pylori.

Also to test the hypothesis that CagA virulent strains of H.pylori are more common in patients with thyroid cancer than with other thyroid diseases.

Conditions

  • Helicobacter Pylori Infected Patients
  • Thyroid Cancer Patients
  • Hyperthyroidism

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rabin Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
85 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-02-28

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