Gene hunt aims to unlock mysteries of thyroid disorder in newborns
NCT ID NCT01916018
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looked at 558 people with congenital hypothyroidism, a rare thyroid condition found in newborns. Researchers examined their genes, medical images, and health records to find links between genetic changes and the type or severity of the disease. The goal is to improve early care and help families understand the risk of recurrence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this research could help doctors better predict the cause of congenital hypothyroidism and identify related health issues early.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly change care, and genetic findings may not apply to all patients.
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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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558 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2013
- Finished
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Mar 2017
- 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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Children (under 18), adults (18 to 64) and older adults (65 and over)
- 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: \- Patient: newborn (0-27 days) or infant (28 days 23 months), or child or adult with congenital hypothyroidism (that is to say with a TSH \> 15 mU / ml at screening on filter paper and / or plasma TSH\> 10 mU / ml) diagnosed in the first months of life, whatever their age, sex, weight and size. Subjects with blood levels of free thyroid hormones (FT3 and FT4) in the standards will be described as having subclinical hypothyroidism. If treatment with L-thyroxine could be stopped without relapse (that is to say, always with a TSH \<5 mU / ml with different controls), hypothyroidism is said to be transient, whatever the age of discontinuation of treatment. * No pre or neonatal goitre by palpation or ultrasound thyroid * negative perchlorate test (ie decreased rate of iodine captation \<10% at 2h injection of perchlorate) when the thyroid gland in place * No self-immunity known to thyroid in children with and / or his mother (defined by a antithyroperoxidase antibodies and / or antithyroglobulin) * Signature of free and informed consent by the patient or his legal representative * Affiliation or enjoying a social security system Exclusion Criteria: * Presence of markers antithyroid autoimmunity in children and / or mother (antithyroperoxidase antibodies and / or antithyroglobulin) * Pre or neonatal goiter on palpation or ultrasound thyroid * Test positive perchlorate (ie salting rate of iodine\> 10% at 2 injection perchlorate) * Patients of foreign origin returned to their country will be excluded from the study.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pediatric endocrinology gynecology and diabetology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris , Université Paris Descartes, INSERM unit U 845
Paris, 75015, France
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