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CompletedNCT02651818SOLOISTUpdated May 15, 2018

Changes in Quality of Life Following Surgical Treatment of Benign Non-toxic Goiter

An observational study in Goiter, sponsored by University of Southern Denmark. Completed at 1 site in Denmark. Open to participants aged 20 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-05-15.

Sponsored by University of Southern Denmark · Observational

Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
104
Ages
20 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The aim is to investigate the influence of surgical treatment on benign non-toxic goiter on the disease specific quality of life evaluated 6 months after thyroid surgery.

All investigations follow already scheduled treatments.

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Conditions studied

  • Goiter

Keywords

  • Goiter
  • Thyroid disease
  • Struma
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In context

Goiter

66 studies on the registry are indexed under Goiter; 11 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 104 is close to the median of 104 across 23 observational studies indexed under Goiter.

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Lead sponsor

University of Southern Denmark is the lead sponsor of 336 studies on the registry; 46 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
20 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

All patients undergoing hemi- or total thyroidectomy at Odense University Hospital for benign symptomatic non-toxic goiter

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Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing hemi- or total thyroidectomy for benign non-toxic goiter with pressure symptoms
  • The patients must be able to understand, read and write Danish

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Previous surgery to the neck
  • Diabetes or any neuromuscular disorders
  • Present or previous head and neck , including malignancy found in the surgical thyroid specimen or suspicion hereof
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Cancer (malignancy)

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
104 participants (actual)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

  • ProcedureThyroidectomy

    Regular thyroidectomy or hemithyroidectomy through Kocher's skin incision

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in quality of life following thyroidectomy

    Change in goiter symptom score at the Thyroid specific Patient Reported Outcome measure (ThyPRO) following thyroidectomy

    Time frame: 6 months

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Study locations

1 site
  • Odense University Hospital
    Odense, 5000, Denmark
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 15, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02651818
Responsible party
Jesper Roed Sorensen (MD, University of Southern Denmark) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jan 11, 2016
Start date
Oct 30, 2014
Primary completion
Oct 24, 2017
Completion
Oct 24, 2017
Last update
May 15, 2018

Study contacts

Christian Godballe, Professor
study director · University of Southern Denmark

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
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