Massive study aims to unlock secrets of thyroid nodules and cancer
NCT ID NCT00001160
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 7 times
Summary
This study is for people who have or might have a thyroid nodule or thyroid cancer. Researchers want to learn more about how to diagnose and treat these conditions. Participants will have standard medical tests like blood draws and scans, plus some extra research tests. The goal is to better understand thyroid disorders and improve future care.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 68-Gallium Dotatate
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to better ways to diagnose and monitor thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial. It may not directly benefit participants or lead to immediate new therapies.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 2,500 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 1977
- Lead sponsor
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A government research agency
The lead sponsor is the US National Institutes of Health.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Only those with thyroid nodules and/or thyroid cancer will be allowed to enroll.
- Ages
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6 months to 98 years
- 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: In order to be eligible to participate in this study, an individual must meet all of the following criteria: 1. Male or female, adults or children \>= 6 months+. 2. Patients with known or suspected thyroid nodules and/or thyroid cancer. 3. At risk family members of patients who have a genetic susceptibility to developing thyroid cancer. EXCLUSION CRITERIA: An individual who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study: 1\. Serious underlying medical conditions that restrict diagnostic testing or therapy such as renal failure, congestive cardiac failure or active coexisting non-thyroid carcinoma requiring intervention before thyroid cancer is addressed.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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National Institutes of Health Clinical Center
RECRUITINGBethesda, Maryland, 20892, United States
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