The Midwest Head and Neck Cancer Consortium Multi-Institutional Parathyroid Registry

University of Nebraska

Status: Completed

Conditions: Primary Hyperparathyroidism

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01409798

0324-10-EP

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this registry is to create a database that collects clinical data to improve knowledge about primary hyperparathyroidism.

Full description

This will be a multi-institutional prospective study in which patients that have undergone parathyroidectomy with intra-operative PTH assessment. The success of minimally invasive parathyroidectomy without and with intra-operative PTH will be assessed for each patient. Success for exploration without intra-operative PTH will be defined as directed exploration with detection of an abnormal parathyroid in the location suggested by imaging. Success with intra-operative PTH will be defined as per standard protocols (50% or > decrease in intra-operative PTH following excision).

Enrollment: 175 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult individuals (male and female) who have a personal diagnosis/history of primary hyperparathyroidism.
• Age 19 or greater.
• Patients who are seen and treated surgically at UNMC's Department of Otolaryngology- Head Neck Surgery .
• Able to provide informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

-No history of primary hyperparathyroidism