Thyroid Dysfunction in Head and Neck Surgery Patients

Completed

Conditions studied: Thyroid Dysfunction

In brief

Specific Aim I: Determine absorption of iodine after oropharyngeal application of povidone-iodine 10% solution when used in head and neck surgery involving the upper aero-digestive tract. Specific Aim II: Measurement of iodine induced changes in thyroid function.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00592514

Run by

University of Arkansas

People needed

14

Starts

2005-07-01

Expected to finish

2008-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2011-09-02

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients undergoing any head and neck surgery requiring entry into the upper aerodigestive tract and thus necessitating the oral administration of the antimicrobial agent povidone-iodine 10%.

You may not qualify if…

• Patients with history of hypothyroidism currently taking thyroid hormone medications (i.e. Synthroid, Levothyroxine, Thyroxine) and women who are pregnant.

Where it is running

• University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

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