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Not yet recruitingNCT06540469Updated Aug 6, 2024

Iodine Supplementation in Graves' Hyperthyroidism

An interventional study of Iodine Supplementation in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs and Iodine Supplementation During Maintenance Treatment with ATDs in Graves Disease and Hyperthyroidism, sponsored by Shandong Provincial Hospital. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-08-06.

Sponsored by Shandong Provincial Hospital · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
315
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

In China, the morbidity of thyroid diseases is high and the harm is serious. Iodine is closely related to thyroid diseases. It should be paid attention to guide patients to supplement iodine scientifically. Thyroid iodine uptake in hyperthyroidism patients is enhanced, and patients are generally advised to limit iodine intake in clinical practice. However, recent studies suggest that there is no definite conclusion on whether patients with hyperthyroidism should strictly limit iodine intake. The purpose of this study is to establish a national multi-center iodine intervention cohort for patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism, identify the effects of different iodine intake on hyperthyroidism, and establish iodine intervention program for hyperthyroidism. This study is a multicenter, prospective, open-level, randomized, controlled, parallel group clinical trial with a total sample size of 315 cases, a total of 3 participating units, each of which completed 105 cases. All subjects meeting the inclusion criteria were completely randomized in each center according to the random procedure with a probability of 1:1:1: ① Iodine Supplementation in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs; ② Iodine Supplementation During Maintenance Treatment with ATDs; ③ Iodine Restriction in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs. Information was collected before ATD treatment, at 3 months, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months (withdrawal), 6 months and 12 months after ATDs withdrawal. The primary purpose of this study is to analyze the difference in remission rate of hyperthyroidism between different iodine nutritional interventions. At the same time, the differences of duration from initiation to withdrawal of ATDs, duration from initiation of ATDs to thyroid function (including serum FT3, FT4 and TSH) normalization, duration from initiation of ATDs to serum FT3 and FT4 normalization, quality of life (QOL) in patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism, adverse effects rate of ATDs treatment, duration from initiation of ATDs to serum negative TRAb is first measured were observed.

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Conditions studied

  • Graves Disease
  • Hyperthyroidism

Keywords

  • Graves' Disease
  • Hyperthyroidism
  • Iodine Supplementation
  • Anti-Thyroid Drug
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In context

Graves Disease

162 studies on the registry are indexed under Graves Disease; 53 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 315 is above the median of 60 across 104 interventional studies indexed under Graves Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Shandong Provincial Hospital is the lead sponsor of 61 studies on the registry; 23 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. patients newly diagnosed with Graves' hyperthyroidism and not treated; or
  2. patients diagnosed with Graves' hyperthyroidism and treated with ATDs regularly less than 3 months, serum TSH is measured below normal reference range, serum FT3 or FT4 or both are measured above normal reference range and serum TRAb is positive; or
  3. patients diagnosed with Graves' hyperthyroidism and not regularly treated with ATDs more than 3 months, serum TSH is measured below normal reference range, serum FT3 or FT4 or both are measured above normal reference range and serum TRAb is positive.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. thyroid enlargement of grade 3;
  2. serum TRAb is measured above 40IU/L;
  3. moderate or severe thyroid-associated eye diseases;
  4. hepatic disease history including chronic active hepatitis, severe hepatic dysfunction, liver cirrhosis, etc., and serum transaminase level is 3 times higher than the upper normal limit and/or total level is higher than 34.2μmol/L with hepatic protective drugs;
  5. history of moderate-to-severe or end-stage renal disease: \<60mL/min/1.73m2 with simplified MDRD formula;
  6. serum WBC\<3.0×109/L or \<1.5×109/L;
  7. history of severe cardiocerebrovascular disease, digestive disease, hematopoietic system disease, other diseases in addition to Graves' hyperthyroidism, tumors, psychosis, etc.;
  8. blood pressure>180/100mmHg with regular antihypertensive drugs treatment;
  9. severe comorbidities and complications of hyperthyroidism with ATDs treatment;
  10. history of multiple drug allergies;
  11. a family planning plan in 3 years.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Absolute neutrophil count (ANC)

The number of neutrophils, white blood cells that help fight infection, in a given amount of blood. Too few raises the risk of infection.

It is a count, not a percentage of the white cells. Limits are written in units that mean the same: ≥ 1.5 × 10⁹/L is ≥ 1,500 per mm³ (µL). Each lab has its own reference range.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
315 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Iodine Supplementation in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs

    Dietary Supplement: Iodine Supplementation in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs · Drug: anti-Thyroid Drugs

  • Experimental
    Iodine Supplementation During Maintenance Treatment with ATDs

    Dietary Supplement: Iodine Supplementation During Maintenance Treatment with ATDs · Drug: anti-Thyroid Drugs

  • Other
    Iodine Restriction in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs

    Dietary Supplement: Iodine Restriction in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs · Drug: anti-Thyroid Drugs

Interventions

  • Dietary supplementIodine Supplementation in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs

    Moderate iodine supplementation (150μg iodine per day, equivalently 7-9g iodized salt per day) will be taken from ATDs treatment starting until 1 year after ATDs withdrawal.

  • Dietary supplementIodine Supplementation During Maintenance Treatment with ATDs

    Iodine restriction (non-iodized salt and low iodine diet) will be demanded at the early course of ATDs treatment, and moderate iodine supplementation (150μg iodine per day, equivalently 7-9g iodized salt per day) will be taken when the ATDs dose is titrated down to a maintenance level until 1 year after ATDs withdrawal.

  • Dietary supplementIodine Restriction in Whole Course of Treatment with ATDs

    Iodine restriction (non-iodized salt and low iodine diet) will be demanded from ATDs treatment starting until 1 year after ATDs withdrawal.

  • Druganti-Thyroid Drugs

    Individualized methimazole (MMI)

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Remission rate of hyperthyroidism

    Time frame: 30 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Duration from initiation to withdrawal of ATDs

    Time frame: 18 months

  2. Duration from initiation of ATDs to thyroid function (including serum FT3, FT4 and TSH) normalization

    Time frame: 18 months

  3. Duration from initiation of ATDs to serum FT3 and FT4 normalization

    Time frame: 18 months

  4. Quality of life (QOL) in patients with Graves' hyperthyroidism

    Time frame: 30 months

  5. Adverse effects rate of ATDs treatment

    Time frame: 18 months

  6. Duration from initiation of ATDs to serum negative TRAb is first measured

    Time frame: 18 months

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Aug 2024; primary completion for Jul 2027, 35 months later.

Of 22 interventional studies with no phase under Graves Disease, half reached primary completion within 47 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 35 and three quarters within 88. This study's planned 35 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 30, 2024
First posted
Aug 6, 2024
StartEst.
Aug 1, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Jul 31, 2027
CompletionEst.
Jul 31, 2028
Last update
Aug 6, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Aug 6, 2024, 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
NCT06540469
Lead sponsor
Shandong Provincial Hospital
Collaborators
First Hospital of China Medical University, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University
Responsible party
Hai-qing Zhang (Professor, Shandong Provincial Hospital) — Principal investigator
First posted
Aug 6, 2024
Start date
Aug 1, 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Jul 31, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jul 31, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 6, 2024

Study contacts

Meng Zhao
Contact
zjsylpzm@163.com
+86531-68776383
Haiqing Zhang
Contact
haiqingzhang7576@163.com
+86531-68776383

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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