New tool aims to slash months-long thyroid dose adjustment to weeks
NCT ID NCT06455371
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tests a decision support tool that uses blood samples from the first two weeks after thyroid surgery to predict the best levothyroxine dose. Normally, dose adjustments take months of trial and error. The trial will enroll 240 patients and compare the tool's guidance to standard care, measuring how quickly patients reach their target thyroid hormone levels and how they feel.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- decision support tool
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this tool could help patients reach the right thyroid hormone dose faster, reducing months of symptoms like fatigue and brain fog.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study. The tool may not speed up dose adjustment or improve patient outcomes compared to standard care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 240 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Total or completion thyroidectomy for differentiated thyroid cancer og benign thyroid nodules at Norwegian hospitals Exclusion Criteria: * Anaplastic thyroid cancer, thyroid cancer with distant metastasis, graves disease, toxic nodules, pregnancy
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
3 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Haukeland University Hospital
RECRUITINGBergen, Norway
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Oslo University Hospital
RECRUITINGOslo, Norway
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University Hospital of North Norway
RECRUITINGTromsø, 9010, Norway
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