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NCT Number: NCT02651818

Changes in Quality of Life Following Surgical Treatment of Benign Non-toxic Goiter

The aim is to investigate the influence of surgical treatment on benign non-toxic goiter on the disease specific quality of life evaluated 6 months after thyroid surgery.

All investigations follow already scheduled treatments.

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Key information

Conditions

Goiter Endocrine System Diseases Thyroid Diseases

Age range

20 year–80 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

Odense University Hospital

Odense, 5000, Denmark

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Patients undergoing hemi- or total thyroidectomy for benign non-toxic goiter with pressure symptoms
  • The patients must be able to understand, read and write Danish

Exclusion criteria

  • Previous surgery to the neck
  • Diabetes or any neuromuscular disorders
  • Present or previous head and neck malignancy, including malignancy found in the surgical thyroid specimen or suspicion hereof

Treatment and study plan

Thyroidectomy

Procedure

Regular thyroidectomy or hemithyroidectomy through Kocher's skin incision

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in quality of life following thyroidectomy

    Time frame: 6 months

    Change in goiter symptom score at the Thyroid specific Patient Reported Outcome measure (ThyPRO) following thyroidectomy

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Southern Denmark

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Surgical Treatment of Benign Non-toxic Goiter on Quality of Life

Acronym: SOLOIST

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2017
Study completion
2017
First posted
Jan 11, 2016
Registry last updated
May 15, 2018

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