E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Patients undergoing total thyroidectomy with visualization of the parathyroid glands under infrared light after intraoperative intravenous injection of 5 mg of indocyanine green to predict the possible occurrence of postoperative hypocalcemia |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
Patients in whom after having removed the thyroid gland the fluorescence of the parathyroid glands is assessed by administering endovenous indocanine green |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E] - Surgical Procedures, Operative [E04] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 20.1 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10020949 |
E.1.2 | Term | Hypocalcemia |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004861 |
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E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 20.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | LLT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10043777 |
E.1.2 | Term | Thyroidectomy total |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 100000004865 |
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E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 21.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10080819 |
E.1.2 | Term | Post procedural hypoparathyroidism |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10022117 - Injury, poisoning and procedural complications |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
The intensity of parathyroid fluorescence that occurs after intravenous injection of indocyanine green during the performance of a total thyroidectomy correlates with postoperative parathyroid function and could be used as a diagnostic marker of postoperative hypoparathyroidism and hypocalcemia. The main objective of the study is to compare the intensity of parathyroid fluorescence among patients who present post-thyroidectomy hypocalcemia with that of patients who do not have it. Therefore, the following points will be studied: • To study the correlation between parathyroid vascularization (intraoperative fluorescence intensity) and postoperative glandular function (serum calcium and parathormone levels). • To compare the surgeon's subjective assessment of parathyroid fluorescence, and the objective assessment of parathyroid fluorescence, by using specific computer software developed ad hoc, between the groups of patients with and without postoperative hypocalcemia. |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
- Predict in real time during the surgical act which patients will not present postoperative parathyroid hypofunction through the use of specific computer software developed ad hoc. - Assess statistical relationships between the intensity of parathyroid fluorescence and the demographic, operative and postoperative variables, and of these with the values of PTH and postoperative calcemia. - Determine the rate of complications related to the administration of ICG (up to 90 days after surgery) |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
• Patients who are going to undergo total thyroidectomy, with or without cervical lymph node dissection. • Visualization of 2 or more parathyroid glands during the surgical act. • Normal renal and hepatic functions. • Absence of a history of hypersensitivity reactions to iodine or indocyanine green. • Able to understand the nature and protocol of the study and its procedures • Willingness to participate with the subsequent signing of informed consent |
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
• Age <18 years • Hepatic or renal insufficiency • Hypersensitivity to iodine or to indocyanine green. • Pregnancy or lactation • Inability to understand the nature and procedures of the study. • Patients with known preoperative hyperparathyroidism. |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
1. Serum calcium level at 24 hours postoperatively 2. Subjective parathyroid fluorescence: Fluorescence intensity of the parathyroid glands after administration of indocyanine green (ICG), measured on a subjective analogue scale (0: no fluorescence, 1: hypofluorescence or heterogeneous fluorescence, 2: homogeneous hyperfluorescence). 3. Objective parathyroid fluorescence Fluorescence intensity of the parathyroid glands after administration of indocyanine green (ICG), measured by specific computer software developed ad hoc. |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
1. Day 1 after surgery (24 hours after surgery) 2. Intraoperatively 3. Intraoperatively |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
4. Age Patient's age 5. Sex 6. Body mass index Patient's BMI 7. Surgery date 8. Preoperative diagnosis Thyroid pathology indicating total thyroidectomy (thyroid carcinoma, atypical of uncertain significance, goiter or lymphocytic thyroiditis) 9. Preoperative vitamin D level 10. Preoperative PTH level 11. PTH levels 10 minutes post-thyroidectomy 12. Scope of surgery: total thyroidectomy (TT), TT with central neck dissection, or TT with functional lateral neck dissection 13. Duration of surgery 14. Number of parathyroid glands located during surgery, 15. Location of the parathyroid glands (superior right, inf-right, sup-left, inf-left). 16. Outcome of thyroid pathology (papillary carcinoma, nodular hyperplasia or lymphocytic thyroiditis) 17. Thyroid weight Thyroid weight 18. Presence of parathyroid glands in the surgical piece and number 19. Stay: Number of days of postoperative hospital stay until the day of hospital discharge, measured as full days of 24 hours 20. Presence and number of surgical drainages 21. PTH day 1: PTH levels in the postoperative follow-up, 22. Complications: Emergence of postoperative complications. |
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
4. Baseline 5. Baseline 6. Baseline 7. Baseline 8. Baseline 9. Preoperative blood test 10.Immediately before surgery 11. 10 minutes post-thyroidectomy 12. Inmediately after surgery 13. Inmediately after surgery 14. During surgery 15. During surgery 16. during the first month after surgery 17. during the first month after surgery 18. during the first month after surgery 19. During the first month after surgery 20. Inmediately after surgery 21. Day 1 after surgery 22. During the first 3 months after surgery |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | Yes |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | No |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | Yes |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | No |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Yes |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | No |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | No |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | No |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 1 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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last visit of the last subject undergoing the trial |
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |