Trials / Completed
CompletedNCT01769157
Effects of L-carnitine on Hypothyroidism
Single-center, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Comparative Study of the Effectiveness of L-carnitine in Patients'Fatigue Degree Changing With Hypothyroidism Who Take Levothyroxine
- Status
- Completed
- Phase
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 60 (actual)
- Sponsor
- Korea University Anam Hospital · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 20 Years – 70 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
L-carnitine and thyroid hormone tended to antagonize reciprocally in human body. Urinary excretion of L-carnitine decreased in hypothyroid patients, and levothyroxine supplementation increased excretion of L-carnitine. The investigators hypothesized that supplying L-carnitine to hypothyroid patients with fatigue symptom could improve the quality of life, and fatigue score in them. Therefore, the investigators planned to compare the efficacy of L-carnitine and placebo in hypothyroid patients who had taken levothyroxine.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DRUG | L-carnitine | |
| DRUG | Placebo |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2012-08-01
- Primary completion
- 2013-06-01
- Completion
- 2013-06-01
- First posted
- 2013-01-16
- Last updated
- 2013-12-04
Locations
1 site across 1 country: South Korea
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT01769157. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.