Status:
COMPLETED
Establishing RIs for TSH in Children Under the Age of Two Years
Lead Sponsor:
Aga Khan University Hospital, Pakistan
Conditions:
Hypothyroidism
Eligibility:
All Genders
1-24 years
Brief Summary
Reference intervals (RIs) of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and free thyroxine (FT4) are age, assay and population specific. Currently, the age and assay-specific RIs for TSH are not available for ...
Detailed Description
A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted at the Section of Chemical Pathology, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, AKUH Karachi Pakistan, from August 2018 to March 2019 after app...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Healthy children from 1 to 24 months
Exclusion
- recent illness, hospitalization, medication and maternal history of thyroid-related diseases, recent abnormal total leucocyte or neutrophil count in the medical record or positive microbial cultures, history of any diagnosed disease or infection, history of hospitalization during the previous four weeks, congenital hypothyroidism or transient congenital hypothyroidism, history of maternal thyroid illness, or any medications with potential influences on the thyroid function, such as amiodarone, anti-epileptic drugs, glucocorticoids
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
August 1 2018
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
March 30 2019
Estimated Enrollment :
131 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04877665
Start Date
August 1 2018
End Date
March 30 2019
Last Update
May 7 2021
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The Aga Khan University
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, 3500