The Prospective Study of Standard Treatment of Graves Disease Iodine 131 and Prevention of Adverse Reactions

Sun Yat-sen University

Status and phase

Unknown

Phase 3

Conditions

Exophthalmos

Hypothyroidism

Treatments

Radiation: Iodine 131

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT01204359

2007022

Details and patient eligibility

About

Iodine 131 (131I） treatment on Graves disease and Graves ophthalmopathy relationship has always been the focus of debate. Majority view is that the current treatment does not increase 131I Graves ophthalmopathy, therefore,Graves disease associated with exophthalmos is not a contraindication of 131I treatment. While treatment with corticosteroids, a timely corrective measures to be effective in preventing Graves ophthalmopathy adverse effects. But the merger with severe proptosis in patients with Graves , especially infiltrative exophthalmos , the application of 131I treatment will induce or aggravate not yet reached consensus, so, the 131I treatment is still very careful , mainly due to plaque prospective study and visual assessment is not lack of uniform standards, and a variety of factors (including smoking, work status, and 131I treatment of thyroid doses, etc.) may also interfere or influence the ultimate effect of 131I on the Graves ophthalmopathy. In the view of this situation Graves disease patients with Graves ophthalmopathy could be 131I treatment or not, how to dose adjustments, and the use of which required treatment with systemic issues such as research, explore treatment exophthalmos reduction and mitigation of increased proptosis reasonable treatment of symptoms. To further promote the standardization of 131I treatment of Graves disease on basis.

Full description

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Enrollment

627 estimated patients

Sex

All

Ages

8 to 90 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

a typical clinical symptoms of Graves disease, diffuse goiter, eye signs (including exophthalmos), thyroid function (FT3, FT4, rTSH) and thyroid autoantibodies and imaging examinations to confirmed.

Exclusion criteria

131I treatment contraindications, those who have not signed the informed consent, failure to complete treatment and follow-up estimates of patients and patients not suitable for radionuclide therapy