Thyroid cancer study sees no treatment, only observation
NCT ID NCT03624751
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study follows 107 thyroid cancer patients who need radioiodine therapy or scans. It compares two ways to prepare: a Thyrogen injection or stopping Eltroxin medication. The goal is to see how these methods affect depression, metabolism, and other health markers. No new treatment is being tested—just observation.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 107 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2018
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2030
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.
Who is studied
Patients with diagnosis of thyroid cancer
- 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: 1. Patients with diagnosis of thyroid cancer。 2. Patients who need radioiodine therapy or scan。 Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients cannot cooperate with blood test.。 2. Patients cannot cooperate with radioiodine therapy。
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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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Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism in Taichung Veterans General Hospital
Taichung, 407, Taiwan
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