NCT02316743

Effects of Levothyroxine Supplementation in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Subclinical Hypothyroidism

Beneficial Effects of Levothyroxine Supplementation in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Subclinical Hypothyroidism

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: Phase 4
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 40 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Université de Sherbrooke · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether levothyroxine supplementation is beneficial in patients with systolic heart failure and subclinical hypothyroidism on the functional class evaluated with a 6 minute walk test.

Detailed description

Forty patients with systolic heart failure and subclinical hypothyroidism will be include in a open label trial. They will receive levothyroxine supplementation to determine if their functional class will be affect.

Conditions

• Systolic Heart Failure
• Sub-clinical Hypothyroidism

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DRUG	Levothyroxine supplementation	T4 supplementation for heart failure patients with subclinical hypothyroidism.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-12-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-01
• Completion: 2015-07-01
• First posted: 2014-12-15
• Last updated: 2014-12-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada