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UnknownNCT01280214

Local Triamcinolone Injection in Active Thyroid Orbitopathy

Peribulbar and Subconjunctival Kenalog Injection for Thyroid Orbitopathy

Status
Unknown
Phase
N/A
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
30 (estimated)
Sponsor
HaEmek Medical Center, Israel · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

Comparing the effectiveness of subconjunctival and peribulbar Triamcinolone injection to systemic Steroid therapy for patients with active thyroid orbitopathy.

Detailed description

Local Steroid treatment may help in active thyroid orbitopathy. till today, systemic Steroids are the treatment for active thyroid orbitopathy which is associated with systemic adverse effects. In this study the investigators want to compare the effectiveness of local Triamcinolone therapy for active thyroid orbitopathy.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGTriamcinoloneSubconjunctival and peribulbar, 40 mg/ml, 3 monthly injection

Timeline

Start date
2011-02-01
Primary completion
2013-02-01
Completion
2013-02-01
First posted
2011-01-20
Last updated
2011-01-20

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01280214. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.