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Thyroid Hormone Replacement

Desiccated Thyroid Extract and Levothyroxine for Hypothyroidism Treatment (DTE Trial)

N/A
Waitlist Available
Research Sponsored by Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
* Patients will be between the ages of 18 to 65 and will have been on levothyroxine for primary hypothyroidism for at least 6 months.
Be older than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up 4 months
Awards & highlights
All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Approved for 10 Other Conditions
No Placebo-Only Group

Summary

Our hypothesis is that hypothyroid patients on DTE may have a decrease in symptoms, an improvement of cognitive function, and an increase in sense of well-being/ quality of life equivalently compared with L-T4.

Eligible Conditions
  • Hypothyroidism

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~4 months
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and 4 months for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Study objectives can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary study objectives
Wechsler Memory Scale-Version IV (WMS-IV)
thyroid-symptom questionnaire
Secondary study objectives
Biochemical measures
Other study objectives
Beck Depression Index
Clinical preference
General health questionnaire-12

Awards & Highlights

All Individual Drugs Already Approved
Therapies where all constituent drugs have already been approved are likely to have better-understood side effect profiles.
Approved for 10 Other Conditions
This treatment demonstrated efficacy for 10 other conditions.
No Placebo-Only Group
All patients enrolled in this study will receive some form of active treatment.

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Active Control
Group I: LevothyroxineActive Control1 Intervention
Levothyroxine in the capsule form, once daily, appropriate dosage to keep TSH at the normal range.
Group II: Desiccated thyroid extractActive Control1 Intervention
Desiccated thyroid extract in capsule form, once daily, appropriate dosage to keep TSH in the normal range.

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Walter Reed National Military Medical CenterLead Sponsor
143 Previous Clinical Trials
33,147 Total Patients Enrolled
1 Trials studying Hypothyroidism
81 Patients Enrolled for Hypothyroidism
~13 spots leftby Jan 2026