Thyroid Hormones Treatment in Asthma Exacerbation — THINAS  

Asthma Clinical Trial

Official title: Is There a Role for Thyroid Hormones Treatment in the Set-up of Acute Moderate to Severe Asthma Exacerbation

Status Not yet recruiting

Clinical Trial Summary

This study will explore whether supplementation with thyroid hormones in the set-up of asthma exacerbation could improve the clinical outcomes.

The study will include adults admitted to Rambam health care campus for moderate to severe Asthma exacerbation.

The study is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial. Patients will be randomized on admission to receive treatment with intra-venous thyroxine (100mcg once on admission and additional 100mcg after 12 hours) or placebo. The study treatment will be given only after the initial bronchodilator therapy, oxygen and informed consent are given. The primary endpoint is the time to return of the peak expiratory flow (PEF) rate to normal values or personal base line.

Clinical Trial Description

Study population: The study will include adults admitted to Internal Medicine B (IMB) department, Internal Medicine H (IMH) department or medical intensive care unit (MICU) in Rambam-Health Care Campus for moderate to severe Asthma exacerbation. The severity of the exacerbation will be based on several acceptable clinical and laboratory criteria, including breathless, alertness, pulse rate, respiratory rate, partial pressure of oxygen in arterial blood (PaO2), partial pressure of carbon dioxide in arterial blood (PaCO2), oxygen saturation, peak expiratory flow (PEF). Study protocol: The study is a prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, clinical trial. Patients will be randomized on admission to receive treatment with intra-venous thyroxine (100mcg once on admission and additional 100mcg after 12 hours) or placebo. The study treatment will be given only after the initial bronchodilator therapy, oxygen and informed consent are given. The primary endpoint is the time to return of the PEF rate to normal values or personal base line. PEF rates will be examined first after initial bronchodilator therapy and then, every 8 hours. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Asthma

• NCT number: NCT02086799
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Rambam Health Care Campus
• Contact: gidon berger, MD
• Phone: 972 502061166
• Email: g_berger@rambam.health.gov.il
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: July 2014
• Completion date: December 2016