Calcium+Calcitriol Versus PTH for the Prevention of Hypocalcemia in Thyroidectomy. Randomized Clinical Trial

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Trial end date: 2023-12-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The objective of this study is to compare the frequency of post-thyroidectomy symptomatic and biochemical hypocalcaemia between the strategy of routine prophylactic calcium + calcitriol vs the administration of calcium guided by PTH values.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Centro de Excelencia en Enfermedades de Cabeza y Cuello
• Collaborator: IPS universitaria
• Treatments: Calcitriol; Calcium; Calcium Carbonate; Calcium, Dietary

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients undergoing total thyroidectomy who meet the following criteria: Patients over 18 years of age, Benign (goiter, thyroiditis, hyperthyroidism) or malignant (carcinoma) diagnosis, Patients who agree to participate in the study and sign the informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with parathyroid surgery in conjunction with thyroidectomy, Patients with prior parathyroid disease for other causes (hyperparathyroidism primary or secondary to kidney disease, etc.), Patients with anaplastic carcinoma or lymphoma, Patients undergoing total thyroidectomy for causes other than thyroid disease such as, for example, total laryngectomy or pharyngo-laryngectomy that, due to margins or direct extension, require thyroidectomy. , Altered cognitive state that interfered or made the evaluation impossible.