Hypothyroidism, Metabolism and Food Intake

NCT ID: NCT02993562

Last Updated: 2018-11-06

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

18 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2015-08-31

Study Completion Date

2018-08-30

Brief Summary

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This project has the following primary aims:

To measure changes in appetite and food intake in newly diagnosed hypothyroid patients during the first six months after starting levothyroxine (L-T4) substitution therapy

Secondary aims are:

To delineate the effect of L-T4 substitution therapy on thyroid status, body weight, body mass index (BMI), body composition, physical activity, glycaemic control, postprandial gut and pancreatic hormone responses, gastric and gall bladder emptying, resting energy expenditure (REE), quality of life (QOL) and cognitive function

Detailed Description

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18 newly diagnosed hypothyroid female patients and 18 healthy controls age between 20 and 75 years will be recruited from the out-patients clinic in Herlev and Gentofte Hospital and the general practitioners before start of substitution therapy.

The study is devided in to three identical experimental days of approx. 6 hours. First experimental day placed before T4 treatment is initiated. Second day as soon as Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (TSH) is below 4 milli unit pr liter (mU/l). The Third experimental day after 6 months of T4 therapy.

For 5-7 days before each experimental day, the participants' physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) will be monitored by an Actiheart® pedometer attached to the skin of the chest.

The last two days before each experimental day, the participants will follow a standardised diet following World Health Organization guidelines on energy requirements and nutrient composition according to gender, age and body weight Shortly after diagnosis patients will undergo a test panel at the first experimental day, where patients arrives fasting.

Visual analog score on satiety and thirst will be filled out continuously. REE will be measured by a CCM-express calorimeter,

* Dual Energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA)-scan
* Blood samples will be taken continuously during the experimental day. Gall bladder size will be examined at 6 times during the experimental day using ultra sound.

At the end of the day, patients´ satiety will be examined with an ad libitum meal.

Blood will be analysed for Gastric inhibitory polypeptide (GIP), Glucagon-like Peptide 1 (GLP-1), Glucagon-like Peptide 2 (GLP-2), glucagon, peptide tyrosine tyrosine (PYY), Gastrin, Cholesystokinin (CCK), Insulin, C-peptide, Blood sugar, Cholesterol, Free fatty acids and paracetamol.

Conditions

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Hypothyroidism

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Hypothyroid patients

Hypothyroid patients treated with Levothyroxine as part of normal treatment.

Levothyroxine

Intervention Type DRUG

Normal treatment with levothyroxine.

Healthy volunteers

Matched on age and BMI. 18 Persons.

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Levothyroxine

Normal treatment with levothyroxine.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Eltroxin/Euthyrox

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* TSH \> 10
* Female

Exclusion Criteria

* Competing serious disease
* Male
* Not able to understand written and spoken danish
* Pregnancy
* Thyroidectomized patients
* Amiodarone treatment.
Minimum Eligible Age

20 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

FEMALE

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Center for Diabetes Research, Herlev and Gentofte Hospital.

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Herlev Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Bjarke Borregaard Medici

Principial Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Bjarke B Medici, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Department of Internal Medicine, Herlev and Gentofte hospitals.

Locations

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Center for Diabetes Research, Herlev and Gentofte Hospitals

Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark

Site Status

Countries

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Denmark

Other Identifiers

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Herlev-Gentofte Hypomafia

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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