Evaluation of Evening Versus Morning Levothyroxine Intake in Elderly

NCT ID: NCT03614988

Last Updated: 2019-10-14

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

208 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-05-01

Study Completion Date

2020-03-31

Brief Summary

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A study designed to compare evening versus morning levothyroxine intake in the elderly.

Detailed Description

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This is a randomized crossover trial of two dosing strategies for pharmacological treatment of hypothyroidism in a sample of individuals aged 60 years or older, performed at an outpatient healthcare in a tertiary center.

Conditions

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Aging Primary Hypothyroidism Interaction Drug Food

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Morning Levothyroxine Intake First

Randomized patients to receive levothyroxine in the morning and after crossover to Evening Levothyroxine Administration.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Evening Levothyroxine Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Bedtime levothyroxine intake, with 60-minute meal-free interval

Evening Levothyroxine Intake First

Randomized patients to receive levothyroxine in the morning and after crossover to Morning Levothyroxine Administration.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Morning Levothyroxine Administration

Intervention Type OTHER

Morning levothyroxine intake, 60 minutes before breakfast.

Interventions

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Evening Levothyroxine Administration

Bedtime levothyroxine intake, with 60-minute meal-free interval

Intervention Type OTHER

Morning Levothyroxine Administration

Morning levothyroxine intake, 60 minutes before breakfast.

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Bedtime Levothyroxine Administration Before Breakfast Levothyroxine Administration

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Individuals aged 60 years or older who consult at the Geriatrics, Endocrinology and Internal Medicine Clinic at Hospital Clinicas de Porto Alegre
* Patients diagnosed with Primary Hypothyroidism
* Patients on levothyroxine for at least 6 months
* Patients with the same dose of levothyroxine for at least 3 months

Exclusion Criteria

* Severe Dementia
* Severe Congestive Heart Failure (NYHA IV or / and three or more hospitalizations for heart failure within 1-year interval)
* Diagnosis of Advanced Stage Neoplasia
* Diagnosis of Thyroid Cancer
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Renato Gorga Bandeira de Mello

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Professor of the Post Graduate Program in Endocrinology at the Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Locations

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Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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Brazil

Central Contacts

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Renato Gorga Bandeira de Mello

Role: CONTACT

555133596400

Karina Karina Giassi

Role: CONTACT

5551998088446

Facility Contacts

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Renato Gorga Bandeira de Mello

Role: primary

5133598152.

References

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Giassi K, Piccoli V, da Costa Rodrigues T, Gorga Bandeira de Mello R. Evaluation of evening versus morning levothyroxine intake in elderly (MONIALE). Trials. 2019 Dec 17;20(1):742. doi: 10.1186/s13063-019-3816-3.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 31847914 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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180209

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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