NCT00524238

Metabolic Changes in Hypothyroid Patients

Impact of Hypothyroidism on Glucose, Lipid, and Amino Acid Turnover

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 22 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Aarhus · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Hypothyroidism is a frequent condition in danish women, but often overlooked. Along with fatigue one of the main symptoms is weight gain as a result to significantly decreased energy expenditure. This study was undertaken to elucidate changes in glucose, lipid and amino acid turnover in these patients.

Conditions

• Hypothyroidism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	L-thyroxine	The hypothyroid patients receive usual treatment with L-thyroxine in our out patient clinic. The doctors there subscribe the medication, this study has no protocol regarding this, we observe the patients again after having been biochemically euthyroid for at least two months.

Timeline

• Start date: 2004-03-01
• Primary completion: 2006-08-01
• Completion: 2006-08-01
• First posted: 2007-09-03
• Last updated: 2008-02-12

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark