New ultrasound technique could help doctors spot dangerous thyroid nodules
NCT ID NCT07041307
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at the tiny blood vessels inside thyroid nodules using a special ultrasound technique. Researchers hope this will help doctors better tell which nodules are harmless and which might need surgery. The study involves 50 adults, including patients with thyroid nodules and healthy volunteers.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
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
Healthy volunteers will be recruited through posters displayed at public institutions such as universities, libraries, and similar locations, as well as via the website https://forskningnu.dk/. Patients will be recruited from the Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, and the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Audiology, both located at Rigshospitalet, Denmark.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: * Age over 18 years * Written and verbal informed consent to participate in the study * Patients with hypo-, iso-, or hyperfunctioning thyroid nodules * Patients referred for thyroid surgery due to suspected malignant nodule (including Bethesda classification groups III, IV, V, and VI) * Healthy volunteers - generally good health with no chronic illnesses Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy * Inability to undergo the examination due to physical or mental limitations * Desire to opt out of receiving information about new, significant health findings revealed during the study * Healthy Participants: * Thyroid disease, including nodules, as well as current or past conditions affecting the thyroid * Medication that affects thyroid function
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
2 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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Rigshospitalet
RECRUITINGCopenhagen, 2100, Denmark
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Technical University of Denmark
RECRUITINGLyngby, 2800, Denmark
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