Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:06 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 3:06 PM
NCT ID:
NCT06521359
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
\- The study will include 45 Hashimoto's patients attending the out clinics of Endocrinology Department of Assiut university hospital. In addition, 45 healthy blood donors will be included as controls. The diagnosis of hashimoto's thyroiditis will be determined according to the criteria of American Thyroid Association;
* Having symptoms of hypothyroidism, and a blood test shows an underactive thyroid gland \[an elevated thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level with or without a low thyroid hormone (free T4 or total T4) level\].
* have elevated thyroid antibody levels.
* ultrasound examination demonstrating characteristic heterogeneous echotexture.
* results of thyroid fine needle aspiration (FNA) examinations meeting HT cytology diagnostic criteria.
Exclusion Criteria:
* -We should exclude other causes of thyroiditis, such as De Quervain's thyroiditis, Riedel's thyroiditis, and suppurative thyroiditis and also exclude other autoimmune diseases for example; type1 diabetes\&Rheumatoid arthritis,and other diseases which cause hypothyroidism as carcinoma and surgery.
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
75 Years
Study:
NCT06521359
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT06521359